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One giant slow-motion fail whale
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All online media eventually becomes Homestuck
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The TikTok slot machine
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A power grid for the whole world
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A Tweet Before Dying
The revolutionary internet is over, and we don’t have much to show for it. A new start is out there, somewhere.
Tread carefully, because you tread on my fucks.
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Against Waldenponding
Today's newsletter is a cleaned-up and 50% expanded version of a live Twitter thread I did yesterday.
So all Twitter users should expect a massive push into subscription revenue, its the only salvation But can Elon grow subscriptions fast enough and keep the spirit of Twitter alive? Will be seriously threading a needle if he pulls off 24/
So all Twitter users should expect a massive push into subscription revenue, its the only salvationBut can Elon grow subscriptions fast enough and keep the spirit of Twitter alive?Will be seriously threading a needle if he pulls off24/— Jeff Davies, the Energy OG (@EnergyCredit1) November 13, 2022
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Is Organic Social Media Dead? — Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho
There are easy critiques to make of Bluesky etc., and they are mostly wrong. There are also *deep* critiques, and they may be right.
My top Bluesky feature requests for 2024
In 2023 my social media consumption changed dramatically after I DM'd a random mufo on what-was-then-called Twitter for a Bluesky invite. At the time, I was floating between Twitter itself and Mastodon for my primary daily social media experience. On one hand, I loathed Twitter (and
Stop Begging Big Tech To Fix Your Social Media Experience. You Can Do It Yourself.
Disclaimer: This post talks about Bluesky and an offering from Bluesky and I am on the Bluesky board. Take everything I say with whatever size grains of salt you feel is appropriate. I’ve wri…
j4ckxyz/tweets-2-bsky
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Jacky's homepage on the DARPA-created, commerically-available Web. - Jacky Alciné
In your Web browser, of course. And not all of me; that'd be weird! You're using Firefox, right? You can catch up by email with 112 other folks, on a social network in the Meta, commonly known as Facebook, Threads, Blacksky in the Atmosphere or X, commonly known as Twitter as I continue to share and work on all things towards history, open digital technology, culture — and everything in between. I write essays of varying length; most recently I wrote "On the Notion of Shutting the Fuck up". I keep notes weekly and (near) daily links. Here's what I use on the regular.
