Articles tagged with: social-media

• Why would anyone post a good blog on Facebook?
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 09 May 2019 at 20:50 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  248 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Dave Winer on Scripting News.
  A post on Dave Winer's Scripting News site demonstrates why posting a good blog on Facebook is stupid.
• Cloth nappy influencers — the world has gone bonkers
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 28 March 2019 at 06:01 with tags: society, social-media, blinkout.
  218 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Jenna Hawkey on the BBC.
  It seems we now have cloth nappy 'influencers' and I wonder if the world has reached a new level of crazy.
• Zuckerberg suddenly embraces privacy
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 07 March 2019 at 16:00 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  118 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article on the BBC.
  Mark Zuckerberg appears to have had a change of heart and now wants a privacy-focussed Facebook, according to an article on the BBC.
• Facebook's fan subscription model for creators
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 03 March 2019 at 07:30 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  147 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Josh Constine on TechCrunch.
  Facebook plans a fan subscription model to compete with Patreon. TechCrunch pick holes in it and ask whether Facebook can be trusted with creators' content.
• Avoid big tech silos for your services
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 16 February 2019 at 08:45 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  215 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Colin Devroe on cdevroe.com.
  Colin Devroe warms of the dangers of using big tech silos for your services, specifically in relation to Verizon in this case.
• Phone addiction
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 06 September 2018 at 07:45 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  384 words, 2 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Sophie Gallagher, Ash Percival, Sara Spary, Connor Parker on The Huffington Post.
  An article on the Huffington Post looks at how some of their staff handle an evening’s TV without a phone. The results concern me.
• Medium stops supporting custom domains
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 05 September 2018 at 08:05 with tags: tech, blogging, social-media.
  395 words, 2 minute read time. External link to an article by Sophie Gallagher, Ash Percival, Sara Spary, Connor Parker on The Huffington Post.
  Medium deprecates custom domain support, which is just another way to maintain control of your content in my opinion.
• Facebook’s ’trustworthiness’ score comes under fire
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 22 August 2018 at 08:05 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  185 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Leo Kelion on the BBC.
  In their attempt to deal with fake news, Facebook has introduced a 'trustworthiness' score. This score has its critics though.
• Instagram face and the quest for perfection
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 17 August 2018 at 08:15 with tags: tech, society, social-media, blinkout.
  369 words, 2 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Alexandra Jones on the BBC.
  An interesting article by Alexandra Jones on the BBC about 'Instagram face'. I'm more interested in how this reflects on society in general, if indeed it does at all.
• Twitter flips API, cripples many third-party apps
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 16 August 2018 at 07:45 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  171 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by John Voorhees on MacStories.
  MacStories reports the Twitter API changes due today and some of the effects those changes are having on third-party apps.
• Twitter finally takes some (minimal) action against Infowars
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 15 August 2018 at 08:05 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  107 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Jon Russell on TechCrunch.
  TechCrunch reports Twitter has dropped Infowars into the sin bin for seven days for a tweet that allegedly broke their terms of use.
• The Infowars debate and a website's whims
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 13 August 2018 at 07:30 with tags: tech, social-media.
  839 words, 3 minute read time. External link to an article by Jon Russell on TechCrunch.
  What expectations should you have when it comes to influencing a privately-owned website's content? None at all, I argue.
• Controlling your own creative content and IndieWeb
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 02 August 2018 at 10:20 with tags: tech, social-media, blogging, web-development.
  676 words, 3 minute read time. External link to an article by Jon Russell on TechCrunch.
  Why you should maintain control of your creative content on the internet via your own website and the blueprint provided by IndieWeb.
• Clamp down on fake news, says MP
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 29 July 2018 at 10:45 with tags: society, tech, social-media, blinkout.
  137 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article on the BBC.
  An article by the BBC about the prevalence of fake news. Some MPs are calling for greater regulation to combat this, particularly online.
• Well said, TechnicallyRon
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 25 July 2018 at 10:10 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  390 words, 2 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Aaron Gillies on TechnicallyRon.
  An article by TechnicallyRon, a Twitter user who's suffered at the hands of idiot trolls recently.
• How to survive social media
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 16 May 2018 at 07:00 with tags: tech, social-media.
  610 words, 3 minute read time. External link to an article by Aaron Gillies on TechnicallyRon.
  After a short foray into Twitter, I produce my recommendations about how to survive social media. Avoid the politics, essentially.
• Facebook profits and revenues up despite privacy scandal
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 26 April 2018 at 07:50 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  161 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Sheera Frenkel and Kevin Roose on The New York Times.
  A New York Times article shows that Facebook has been largely unaffected by the privacy scandal in terms of its profits and revenues.
• How social media has changed the internet
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 23 April 2018 at 07:09 with tags: tech, social-media.
  629 words, 3 minute read time. External link to an article by Sheera Frenkel and Kevin Roose on The New York Times.
  A look at how social media has lessened the need for things like site identity and a home page. But is it wise to make social media your only 'home' on the internet?
• Zuckerberg wants good privacy for Facebook, as long as it doesn’t affect profits
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 20 April 2018 at 06:35 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  203 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article on the BBC.
  An article from the BBC about how Facebook is trying to dodge new EU privacy regulations.
• Why Zuckerberg's 14-Year apology tour hasn't fixed Facebook
  Posted by Gordon Ansell on 11 April 2018 at 10:40 with tags: tech, social-media, blinkout.
  175 words, less than 1 minute read time. Comments by me and an external link to an article by Zeynep Tufekci on Wired.
  An article from Wired about Mark Zuckerberg's approach to privacy on Facebook over the years.