Opinion: if you’ve only posted to Twitter about it, you’re not allowed to say “I have written elsewhere about __” (doubly if you don’t link to it) With the algorithm and search functions, you’ve said something to yourself in a noisy room, and some of the people at your table might have heard, some will … Twitter posts aren’t essays, they’re mumbles in a crowded cafeteria
Yesterday I saw someone on Twitter criticizing people who post to Medium instead of getting their own domain & site to post to. (I hope they were aware of the irony.) The specific context was Medium taking down a post at the request of Instacart, when said post was from Instacart employees advocating for better … This is your semi-regular suggestion to own your content
I’ve been a huge fan of RSS for a long time; over the last few months I’ve been think of RSS feeds more and more as a way to get around the broken algorithms of Twitter, FB, and IG’s apps & main sites. Unfortunately, because of that utility these sites often don’t have built-in RSS … Social media & RSS
Whenever I start thinking about what my ideal social media platform would be, before long I realize I’m describing “my own website + RSS to follow others + email”
Today I saw that an author I like had tweeted about something I care about, and I wanted to interact. So I signed up for an account, responded to their tweet, tweeted my own tweet, retweeted a couple things… and then noticed that the author’s automated block filter had blocked me, because with only one … Twitter blip
After a very rough weekend, yesterday and today have been strange. I don’t think I’ve had this particular feeling about a terror attack in the US since 9/11 (on Sunday I linked to the SPLC’s donations page and I’m doing it again here). I’ve had an on-again/off-again relationship with Twitter over the years. I jumped … In a weird brain space with social media