Drinking Cheap Vodka Will Kill You: A Twitter Parable
That’s the sentence that sent me to a 12-hour Twitter time-out so I could cool my heels and think about all the harm I wished to inflict.
Tagged: Social Media
Amazon Turns Out the Lights, The Parler’s Over
First Apple kicked the app off the iOS app store, and now Amazon is ending their web services agreement citing breech of terms of service.
Stop Ruining Christmas
Because part of becoming a modern adult is learning to hate everything that might have made you happy as a kid.
Pity Parler
These former Twitter brands have found an audience receptive to their bloviating on Parler. Wonderful. And also, how boring.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Commencements, Conniptions, and Crazy People
College graduates that did it live online, VP pick silly season, and Very Online v the normies in this latest edition of Harsh Your Mellow Monday
Hammers and Hangnails
I am of the opinion that personal attacks about people’s coronavirus/quarantine anxiety are yet another pleasure we should probably forgo right now.
What’s Six Orders of Magnitude Between Friends
At some point, the media is going to have to learn how to properly use social media
Fmr President Obama on Being Always Politically Woke: “You Should Get Over That Quickly”
Former President Obama caught some folks’ attention when a clip of him speaking at The Obama Foundation Summit made the rounds on social media.
Tuna Pizza, the Spice of Social Media
Symposium: Hmm. I like tuna. I like pizza. I’m already experimenting – so why not?
Josh Hawley Is From the Government and He’s Here to Help
Josh Hawley, like all ambitious men, is telling you who and what he is about. We should listen.
Trophy Lives
It is epically discouraging to know that no matter how hard you try, someone else is always going to be better.
The Internet Needs a Town Square
The tech industry has near-total control over what we can and cannot say online. The solution? The creation of an online public space where even extremists are permitted to share their views.
The Martyrdom of Jesse Kelly
In banning Jesse Kelly, Twitter managed to create a martyr and shoot themselves in the foot at the same time.
The John McCain Character Test
The news that Sen. John McCain will no longer seek medical treatment for his illness brings about a chance to use the sometimes controversial Senator as a test of character. Not his, ours.
Droning the Libs
So, the other day I tweeted disagreement with popular Twitter personality Jesse Kelly, and found myself at the bottom of a dog pile.
Speaking of the Dead: Obituary in the Social Media Age
The obituary, long the traditional and biographical announcement of a death in a newspapers, has found new life online and in social media. And apparently the old adage of “speak not ill of the dead” might be changing with it, especially if it helps the notice go viral.
Teenagers to Facebook: We Just Aren’t That Into You
The governments of the world, privacy issues, and debates about information monopolies might turn out as the least of Facebook’s problem. If the new Pew data is to be believed, Facebook is not only under fire, but teens just aren’t that into it anymore.
The Depressing Incivility of Social Media
Finding a way to deal with the depressing nature of social media is my goal this summer.
