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A look at Twitter alternatives

April 8, 2022May 4, 2022 Anthony

With Elon Musk now involved with Twitter, some are wondering what alternatives to the social network are available.

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Reddit vs. Wall Street, or the Clash of Two Worlds

February 2, 2021December 10, 2021 Anthony

The big Wall Street news over the past few weeks has involved, of all things, Reddit. There’s been a lot written about this, mostly to

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Pinterest and other tech companies fight back against the anti-vaccination movement

March 6, 2019December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

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Study: Banning hate speech from Reddit actually worked

September 25, 2017December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

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My social network usage (Spring 2017)

March 17, 2017December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

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Upvoted: an advertiser-friendly Reddit?

October 6, 2015December 10, 2021 Anthony

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.

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Reddit finally shows some backbone, bans some racist subreddits

August 6, 2015December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

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Reddit plans to deal with its racist content by… sticking a curtain in front of it?

July 16, 2015December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

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A look at my social network usage (Summer 2014)

August 2, 2014December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

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Digg digs its own grave, sold off for parts

July 13, 2012December 10, 2021 Anthony

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

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