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Ethics, Social Media, Social Networks, Society

X, Moral Bankruptcy, and the Business of Hate

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8 October 2023

An opinion article by Dave Lee published on Bloomberg on 5 October has ignited a conversation about the ethical implications of using X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, formerly known as Twitter. Despite the platform’s increasing notoriety for promoting violent and divisive content and its prominent role in the spread of fakery, disinformation, and hate, […]
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Aside, Technology, WordPress

Customizing social media icons display with ChatGPT

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2 October 2023

For some time, I’ve wanted to update the social network icons on my primary blog to use icons that accurately represent the social networks concerned. There have been many changes this year – not the least being Twitter’s change to X – plus the emergence of new social networks like Pebble, Bluesky, and Threads. As […]
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Communication, For Immediate Release, Social Media, Social Networks

The hashtag needs a refresh, says the man who created it

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26 September 2023

The hashtag has become ubiquitous on social media as a means of connecting conversations, topics and events. But 16 years after its invention, Chris Messina, the man who started it all, believes it’s time for an upgrade. In episode 355 of the For Immediate Release podcast I co-host with Shel Holtz (who’s away at present), […]
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Aside, Technology

The sound of silence

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18 September 2023

As a podcaster, I’m conscious of the need for ambient quiet in the room where I record audio and video. That’s my home office. It’s not a formal recording studio with sound-absorbing panels, etc, just a room with a view, desks, a picture or two, a bookcase, some knick-knacks, and three computers with monitors. A […]
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AI, Aside, Technology

Claude Pro: First impressions of Anthropic’s paid AI chatbot

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13 September 2023

Artificial intelligence is all over the news right now with information, narratives and opinions plentiful if not bountiful on the pros and cons of AI. The hottest topic is generative AI, the subset of AI that, broadly speaking, is a form of machine learning that’s able to produce text, video, images, and other types of […]
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