I want to let my friends know that I will be making a number of changes to my social media landscape at the beginning of February. I deleted Twitter from my life when Mr Musk bought it, even before it became X. I’m no longer… Read More
Each day, my Instagram account is followed by several young and astonishingly attractive women. I’m so popular, these folks find me irresistible. Not only that, when I follow these folks back, within seconds, they send me a personalized greeting by direct message. It’s nice to… Read More
There is a new social media platform called WT Social, which wants to take on Facebook and Twitter. It has a similar newsfeed to Facebook and topics are organized by sub-wikis. It’s founded by Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia. The promise not to sell… Read More
The other day I received an invitation from an old friend from the days when it seems a lot more people were working personal blogs, to a social media platform called MeWe. Interestingly enough, it was the same old friend who first introduced me to… Read More
Anybody else getting seriously tired of this kind of crap littering the social medias? Eugene’s social media rules to live by…. Avoid clicking on click-bait (including quizzes, personality tests and so on) Avoid facebook memes Try not to get sucked into facebook politics. Just unfriend… Read More
I don’t like facebook memes and so I don’t do them. To me they are simply the chain letters of our times. To all those who “challenge” me or ask me to copy and paste to show I care about a disease or a social… Read More
I’ve recently joined Goodreads (thanks David) and I’ve been having fun recalling and rating books I’ve read over the years. I know I’ve listed only a chunk of what I’ve read, but starting with the ones that are front of mind seems to make sense.I’ve… Read More
An accordion is not a bagpipe with pleats, no matter what you read on Twitter.
Everything was fine. My alter ego invented me, I started the blog, and everything was going along as it should. Then Mister Fancy-Pants opens a Twitter account of all things. But fine, I put up with that. Now I find out he’s gone and opened… Read More
Some people are calling our upcoming federal election the Twitter election, and I confess that I find following the tweets related to the whole business somewhat addictive. I came across a federal election hashtag guide, which is very handy in deciphering the curious language of… Read More
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