Tag: Internet
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Substack Notes and the content moderation furor
Chris Best’s interview with The Verge was the “why Substack sucks” article of the week. In this article I argue why top down moderation is not the solution and why Substack Notes not a Twitter killer. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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You don’t have a moral obligation to leave Twitter
Believe it or not, many parts of the world do not think of Twitter the same way Americans do. Some are still happily on Twitter enjoying themselves. A semi-rant about being a non-American in the heavily North American Mastodon. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.
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Leaving the cult of wokeness
Africa Brooke’s open letter, “Why I’m leaving the cult of wokeness” gave voice to what many have hidden in their hearts, too afraid to speak up.
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Utterly Random episode 1: Is Mastodon for you?
A quick introduction to Mastodon’s culture and politics , how to be a part of the community and have a good experience on the decentralised social media network.
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Twitter misleads
How Twitter misleads us about how many people have left — and what to do about it Social feeds are engines for distorting social understanding. Here’s how to push back against the algorithm. https://natematias.medium.com/how-twitter-misleads-us-about-how-many-people-have-left-and-what-to-do-about-it-bba484b6fed6
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Algorithms and creativity
“In the absence of an algorithm there is only your own creative compass.” In the #Fediverse I discovered people like @ewen who understood the impacts algorithms had on creativity. I felt the same sense of suffocation as a writer. In other spaces besides #Mastodon such as #Twitter nobody really understood my angst against it and…
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ChatGPT and tech writers
Are tech writers going to lose their jobs? How can they adapt? https://passo.uno/openai-tech-writing-howto/
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Third party apps cut off from Twitter
“It feels like the time is right for a truly universal timeline.”– @chockenberry (the creator of Twitterrific) https://furbo.org/2023/01/15/the-shit-show/
Elizabeth Tai 