Social Media

11 posts filed under Social Media.

2026

Aug 14 – Simultaneous Monologues
Some thoughts on online dialogue and debate.
Aug 12 – The Network Should Be Ours
We're living in a world where the service and the product are two completely separate things. What we see are systems corrupted, eroded, and devalued to the extent that we can't trust them.
Aug 11 – Tooting from the Blog
My approach to sharing via the fediverse has had to change with the closure of Echofeed. So here's my approach to replacing EchoFeed with a GitHub Action.
May 19 – When the Noise is the Signal
The media has become a noise machine. The only way to find the signal is to connect with the people on the other end.

Jun 18 – The Economic Realities of Attention
What’s the value proposition of a bot filled timeline feeding you AI generated content?
Mar 09 – Being Broken
In the depths of COVID we turned to technology to connect us and express ourselves. Then to entertain us through the lockdowns. Then to distract us from our disrupted lives. Then we succumbed to the addiction. I think the addiction broke us and turned us into ... (looks around) ... this.
Feb 03 – Focus vs Distraction
Trying to make sense of how I feel in a world that is being shaped by a strategy of distraction.
Jan 12 – Mastodon Comments
Looking to add comments to a static site? Maybe try Mastodon.

Nov 25 – A big fish in a small bowl looking out
Weaving some thoughts on what's happening at work and on the socials and reflecting on what I should be doing. Staying in the fishbowl, or jumping into the ocean.

Jul 23 – Your Audience Awaits
Some additional thoughts on Meta's Threads
Jul 07 – Social to Antisocial
A social space without dialogue is not social – it is antisocial. The current model is insular, monologic, performative, ad and surveillance driven, and increasingly toxic.