Reddit vs. Wall Street, or the Clash of Two Worlds
My thoughts on the ongoing Reddit versus Wall Street stock market situation, as well as how it's affecting GameStop.
Pinterest and other tech companies fight back against the anti-vaccination movement
Despite being discredited by every reputable scientific and medical source, the anti-vaccination movement’s unfortunately still gained steam in recent years. This is in spite of all the risks and dangers of
Study: Banning hate speech from Reddit actually worked
Photo by Eva Blue (Flickr / CC BY) Recently, Reddit’s tried to clean up the self-declared “front page of the Internet,” by banning some high-profile racist subreddits. (The fact they
My social network usage (Spring 2017)
I last looked at my social media usage state last fall, when I wrote about how I promote my blog using social media. However, I thought the current status quo merited a full-fledged
Upvoted: an advertiser-friendly Reddit?
Reddit’s made this news this year for, well, not flattering reasons—for being a site that’s host to some of the worst aspects of the Internet. Of course,
Reddit finally shows some backbone, bans some racist subreddits
Recent events with Reddit have made much of how vocally bigoted some of its subreddits are, and how half-heartedly they’ve handled such, often behind the (flawed) “free speech!” “
Reddit plans to deal with its racist content by... sticking a curtain in front of it?
Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” has been under a lot of fire in recent months. Staff turmoil, an interim CEO leaving, and its former CEO/co-founder returning have
A look at my social network usage (Summer 2014)
As everyone knows, social media networks dominate online life for most Internet users these days, with Facebook and Twitter the dominant ones. I thought I’d write up my feelings and experiences
10 pieces of tech I no longer use (and what's replaced them)
For fun, here’s a list of ten pieces of technology that I once used, but are now obsolete for my purposes. I’ll also list why I now consider it
Digg digs its own grave, sold off for parts
Today comes news that once-influential social network Digg is basically being sold off in parts to several entities: the Washington Post (its staff), professional social networking site LinkedIn (for its patents), and a