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.
Media outlets and Black Lives Matter tweets
The past week has seen numerous protests nationwide sparked by Minneapolis police officers killing George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man. This round of Black Lives Matter protests have, in spite of the coronavirus
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
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;
My Twitter basic usage tips
I notice that I’ve written a lot about Facebook over the past few years, but not as much about Twitter. It might be from Facebook’s massive popularity even in
The presence of popular political leaders on Twitter
Many people are concerned about their social media followings, and this also extends to politicians. Famously (or infamously), there’s Donald Trump’s Twitter presence. However, most other politicians have also
My thoughts on Mastodon and Pixelfed, open source social networks
Update (7/4/20): I’ve shuttered my Mastodon and Pixelfed pages out of a lack of use, so I’ve deleted the links to those. Over the past week, I&
My social network usage (Spring 2019)
It’s been about a year since I last wrote a dedicated post about my social network usage. Thus, I thought it was time for another update. Facebook Photo by PhotoMIX-Company (Pixabay
Twitter's 2018 year in review
2018 for Twitter went about as well as it did for 2017. It still has a lot of the same problems: a lower user count versus Facebook (well, it’s a “
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 Diverse Tech Geek is doing fine, its social media presence is going through