You know what they say about idle hands. I’ve just attempted to revive auto-posts to both Facebook and Twitter. We shall see. The last time I tried this with Facebook, it was an abject (whatever that means) failure. Well, never mind. I still can’t get Facebook to work. I guess I’m doing well just to … Continue reading For better or worse
Apparently we have a president-elect who likes or even prefers communicating via Twitter to whatever audience frequents and gets its sometimes-fake news from social media. For better or worse (I think worse), they all seem content to bypass our mainstream media. Not that the MSM have earned my confidence when it comes to reporting on Trump. They gave him … Continue reading Who do you trust?
(Updated April 4 @ 4:30 pm MDT) The hacktivist group Anonymous has turned its attention to North Korea and its young leader, Kim Jong Un, hacking official Twitter and Flickr accounts in that country. The collective has, for the most part, focused on widely unpopular targets (eg, Westboro Baptist Church) and certainly few groups are … Continue reading Anonymous hacks official North Korean accounts
When it comes to social media, I’m happily illiterate and oblivious. I only just noticed that people who follow Pied Type on Twitter can click on “View media” and get a nice preview — including an image — of my posts. Certainly a lot more than just the posts’ headlines (limited to 140 characters), which is all I thought followers were getting. Cool! (Yes, I still say “cool.”) … Comments »
Monday David Axelrod, top campaign advisor to President Obama, tweeted this picture of the president in his armored limo, accompanied by the Obama family’s dog, Bo. The message read “How loving dog owners transport their dogs.” Snark! Pow! Zing, Mitt Romney. Let the games begin. *Actually, many experts recommend dogs be safely restrained in harnesses … Continue reading Here’s how you transport a dog …
Twitter has announced it will self-censor itself in foreign countries to satisfy the laws of those nations. Or, as Bloomberg, reports it, Twitter “gave itself extra flexibility to censor…” The New York Times calls it micro-censorship. Whatever, after the SOPA/PIPA fight in this country to prevent Internet censorship, it is particularly discouraging to read that … Continue reading Twitter caves on censorship overseas
