Twitter: Media has meltdown over proposal to charge a fee for “Blue check”
Much of the media is having a meltdown over Twitter’s proposal to charge users for a Blue Check verified account. Here’s a quote from a Bloomberg news column: The plan…
How social media should handle “misinformation” content moderation
Currently, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube apply heavy handed censorship to user created content. Twitter, and Youtube, have both sanctioned, even shut down accounts – of professionally qualified individuals who express…
The Social Media Doc and Science Army ruined our trust
Watching the Twitter expert class during Covid ruined trust in science. Every day saw dueling experts saying inconsistent, contradictory, illogical and sometimes incoherent things about Covid. Many began name calling/bashing…
I must have “Long Hepatitis”
Covid-19 has a side effect causing people to post long threads on Twitter about Long Covid. The thread roughly describes my situation – but I have Long Hepatitis, I guess.
Trevor Jacob and his plane crash
Trevor Jacob competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics on snowboard. Since then he appears to have made his living producing high risk “stunt” videos on Youtube, and possibly leading “adventure”…
Investigation: How TikTok’s Algorithm Figures Out Your Deepest Desires
Watch the video at the link. A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of…
China scans western web sites and social media as part of surveillance network
Including this blog: Hundreds of projects launched since 2020 show that Chinese police, state media and the military are gathering data from sites including Twitter and Facebook to track perceived…
Why you can never write bad reviews – and why user reviews are meaningless
Source: Granny, 63, and granddaughter, 6, are kicked out of hotel by POLICE after she gave bad review | Daily Mail Online She checked in to her hotel (Baymont Inn…
Hmmm: Virtual influencers seen to be huge marketing opportunity
Computer generated social media influencers: Sporting neon hair and flawless skin, Bangkok Naughty Boo is one of a new generation of influencers in Asia promising to stay forever young, on-trend,…
Facebook wants to re-focus on younger users, “Ditch older users”
Source: Facebook wants to re-focus on younger users – Social Panic Facebook sees TikTok-like platforms as having a better strategy. The basic design of TikTok – with short form videos…