Despite being discredited by every reputable scientific and medical source, the anti-vaccination movement’s unfortunately still gained … Pinterest and other tech companies fight back against the anti-vaccination movementRead more
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Facebook’s new Patreon-like service offers creator-hostile terms
The list of criticisms against Facebook’s business practices has a new entry as of this week. … Facebook’s new Patreon-like service offers creator-hostile termsRead more
Blog status update (January 2019): Shuttering the blog’s Facebook page (again)
Time for another look at the latest bunch of updates, changes, etc. to the blog. Goodbye, … Blog status update (January 2019): Shuttering the blog’s Facebook page (again)Read more
Twitter’s 2018 year in review
2018 for Twitter went about as well as it did for 2017. It still has a … Twitter’s 2018 year in reviewRead more
What are some Tumblr blogging alternatives?
With the recent changes to Tumblr, I take a look at alternatives, ranging from a self-hosted WordPress site to using Blogspot.
Facebook’s “pivot to video” push is a bust… and now, the subject of a lawsuit
The attempt by Facebook to push everyone to “pivot to video” failed disastrously… and is now the subject of a lawsuit.
Farewell, Google+: Google to shut down its social network by April 2019
Google has announced it’s shutting down its beleaguered social network, Google Plus.
Blog status update (September 2018): Social network changes
It’s time for another of my periodic updates on what’s going on with this blog. While … Blog status update (September 2018): Social network changesRead more
Twitter can support an open platform without tolerating the “alt-right”
About a year ago, I wrote about how the tech industry’s handling both hate speech and … Twitter can support an open platform without tolerating the “alt-right”Read more
What are the advantages of RSS?
A look at the advantages of RSS feeds as an open web standard, as well as avoiding the downsides of social networks’ algorithms.