This seems like a moment in time worth noting. The founder of Facebook and one of the richest people in the world (also holding special shares of stock that makes him unaccountable) just banned the President of the United States from the biggest social platform in the world, with very good reason. These are very odd times.
How about I celebrate with a blog post instead. 👍 Twitter notified me today that it was my 14th Anniversary on Twitter. I signed up on Wed Dec 20 21:25:24 +0000 2006, claiming user number #82,903. This was before the big unveiling at SXSW in 2007. My very first tweet (although …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Twitter 14th AnniversaryTrying tagging people whose articles I am commenting and sharing in the Weekly Thing. Example on LinkedIn and Twitter for issue 161. Will be watching to see if this is appreciated or seen as tag spam, and if it results in additional awareness.
From recent actions I think that we must conclude that Facebook and Twitter have now explicitly acknowledged that their platforms are being used in ways they do not understand, are not able to manage, and without a doubt have an impact in elections. To most people this has been …
Keep reading · 3 minutes: Facebook and Twitter Have Lost ControlThis weekend I wired up two additional platforms that I’m syndicating to. I’m now sharing to Mastadon and am @jamiethingelstad@mastodon.social. This is built into micro.blog so I decided to turn it on for those that may prefer it.
I also configured Zapier to share the Weekly Thing to Medium. If you prefer Medium you can find jthingelstad there and this is a full share, with all the content. Right now I’m only sharing the Weekly Thing to Medium.
The best way to get all of of my stuff directly is still via RSS or Email.
I was texting recently and wanted to reference an Old Fashioned and it dawned on me that there was a perfect emoji reference for that drink! Old Fashioned 🥃🍊🍒 It captures the bourbon, and then the two dominate flavors of orange and cherry. Could Emoji Triples be used to describe …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Cocktail Emoji TriplesRecently Twitter made the decision to tag some of President Trump’s tweets as incorrect and limit distribution of them. Facebook decided the same content was fine. I’m going to skip over the actual decision here for a moment, and address the matter of calling this censorship. …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Refusing to Amplify is not CensorshipI like to use emoji to bring fun to unexpected places on my devices. Command line prompts, OmniFocus tags. My new favorite is emoji folder names for my Favorite boomarks in Safari. 👍
LinkedIn is now prompting you to identify your teammates, and then asks you specifically to reflect your current and past reporting relationships. Isn’t this just a way to mine org chart data from companies?
📅 Happy World Emoji Day! 🙌🎉🎊
