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The Social Game

I cam across a nice Blog post today about how social media is like a game! I wholly suggest a quick read….

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Trust in AI dropping!

It appears that the trust given to AI is dropping around the world! https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/ai-trust-problem-edelman

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Share to Mastodon plugin for WP

If you use WordPress like this website does, and you want to share your posts on Mastodon and other activitypub platforms then there are several options available, but for me this plugin is the best.… 

X

X/Twitter useage down 30% in US?

It seems like there are conflicting reports and data about X/Twitter useage coming through in the last couple of days with Forbes saying useage in the US fell around 30% in the last year. We… 

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@everyone on Facebook

The @everyone tag on Facebook must be the most annoying thing on the platform and is also a real privacy nightmare as it can reveal your private info to others. However it could (and should)… 

tiktok

Tik Tok and its backfiring plan

In a bizarre turn of events it seems that Tik Tok was asking users to contact Congress member in the US to complain that the app was being banned…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68517607

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Tik Tok sale to happen?

Interesting article about Tik Tok having to be sold due to it’s connections! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/house-committee-votes-50-0-to-force-tiktok-to-divest-from-chinese-owner/?utm_brand=arstechnica

3dcandy

The Ad based Internet is dying…

It is a fact that ads on the internet no longer work. Ad based revenues are falling, and in 2024 that fall is accelerating. Here is a video from around 8 months ago that makes… 

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Fallout from the Meta downtime

Yesterday Meta services took a big hit with issues plaguing Facebook, Instagram and Threads. The amount of people thinking they had been hacked, and the others who literally thought the internet were down shows how…