I have started to see a bit of a backlash against Facebooks constant need to please it’s shareholders and keep engagement and then income/profit high. A great example of this is the way that they… Facebooks desperation to keep engagement tactics

Google has rebranded and upgraded Bard it’s ChatGPT rival. Now unless you have missed all the big things in computing over the last year then AI is the future (so we’re told). Google is on… Google Bard is now Gemini

This is a decent read…..https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol

I have just left over 1000 Facebook groups I never asked to join! Over the years Facebook has had some dubious practices and one of those is automagically adding you to groups if you commented… Facebook Groups I never asked to join….

Bluesky is dropping the invites system later this month. https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/6/24062837/bluesky-drops-invite-system-begins-federation-at-protocol

I have just setup an account at www.minds.com and we shall see if it is any good! Seems a quick way to get your social media accounts in one place. It uses ActivityPub so you… Minds

It’s Bandcamp Friday and for today only my little compilation album called Christmas For The Little Robots is available for five whole English pounds….

Just a quick one today, WordPress 6.4.3 is released….

Yep I’ve added easy social sharing icons to this blog/site. I’d be grateful if you used them!

I’ve just had a quick scroll through Youtube and once again there were a lot of quitting videos uploaded over this weekend. Now it’s the beginning of the year, people set goals or move focus… Why are people quitting Youtube?