Category: Social Networks
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Twitter’s chaos may help decentralized alternatives like Mastodon gain traction
It’s been an adventure observing the chaos that’s ensued following Elon Musk’s completion of his deal last month to purchase Twitter for $44 billion. It’s also been a nightmare for users large and small, and for advertisers large and small,…
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Turmoil engulfs a Twitter in transition
Even if you’re not a fan of Twitter and/or Elon Musk, you’d have been hard pressed to avoid news about both over the past week. Since closing the deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion (£39 billion) on October 27,…
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Escape planning in case Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition succeeds
Finally, Elon Musk’s acquistion of Twitter happened on October 28. I’ve updated this post to reflect that. If you’re unsure about what’s next for Twitter, and for you in using the social network, you may find this escape plan helpful……
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Lush shows it’s time for an anti social media policy
At the dawn of the social media age fifteen and more years ago, everything was about blogs. This was the time just before Facebook, before Twitter, even before YouTube, when blogs started to gain momentum from the early-to-mid 2000s when…
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Metaverse: how Facebook rebrand reflects a dangerous trend in growing power of tech monopolies
Facebook’s rebranding as Meta has been seen by many as the company’s latest attempt at corporate crisis control. The social media giant has been publicly attacked for creating an environment that fosters far-right extremism and violating individuals’ data privacy. Yet…