Trump banned from Twitter; Parler also kicked offline
Donald Trump has become the first US president ever banned from Twitter. Meanwhile, far-right social media app Parler has also been kicked offline.
Blog status update (August 2020): My Facebook page is back (yet again)
In this month's blog status update, I've brought back the site's Facebook page (again).
How to break up the tech giants?
Some thoughts on how (in theory) Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon could be broken up or regulated.
Facebook buys Giphy for $400 million
Last week, Facebook announced it’s buying the popular animated GIF archive site Giphy for $400 million. The new purchase will be folded under the Instagram division. Facebook’s press release
My social network usage (Spring 2020)
Here’s my annual look at my current social network usage. Facebook I shuttered the blog’s Facebook page in late 2018, and not reopened it since. At this point, Facebook
A look at Facebook in the 2010s
Facebook rose over the 2010s to become synonymous with the phrase “social media.” Early on in the decade, Facebook was seen as reasonably benign, or at least an improvement over the
Twitter to stop carrying political ads
Twitter’s not been in the news as much as Facebook has lately. That’s despite Twitter having its own long list of problems. There’s its problems with trolls;
Facebook to launch news feature that includes Breitbart
Yes, it’s even more news about Facebook. (Things have been very busy lately for Mark Zuckerberg’s company.) Late last week, Facebook announced plans to launch a dedicated news tab
Recommended Facebook alternatives (and why replacing it's hard)
A look at possible alternatives to using Facebook, and why it's difficult to quit.
Favorite articles roundup for the week of July 26, 2019
Back in late 2015, I tried writing favorite article roundup posts for a very short while. The idea is similar to that of an email newsletter: I list some links to articles on