Tag: Twitter
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A Delightful Profile Of Dril
A delightful profile of the enigmatic and influential Twitter shit poster Dril. Drill is a dude named Paul Dochney, who looks nothing like the dragged lentic he plays online. Historically anonymous for almost a decade, Dril has garnered a large following and even had a book and TV show. The article delves into Dril’s origins,…
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NPR Leaving Twitter May Cost The Company 0.176% of Total Website Traffic
For Push ROI I wrote about how much traffic NPR is likely to lose by leaving Twitter. It’s under 1/5th of a percent. Twitter is not a traffic driver for NPR. Twitter Is Not A Tentpole Traffic Driver For NPR
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Weird Twitter News For Mid-April, 2023
I’m flipping tired of talking about Twitter. It used to be a social stream, but now it’s just a stream of stupid blunders. The missteps are also, so uncreative that analyzing them has no real business value. But here’s the gossip I’ve seen today about Twitter. Elon Musk Proves His Commitment To New Strategies By…
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Substak Notes Day 1
Substak notes launched today garnering a lot of media attention. As with every new social network that gets a lot of press people are hyped about how it’s the greatest thing ever. I’ve watched people do this going back to Google Plus. Social networks are not primarily enjoyable places to spend time dude to technical…
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Donald Trump, World War III
On Truth Social a Twitter-like service, (that may still be worse than Twitter) indited former U.S. President posted “WORLD WAR III” without context today (April 9, 2023). At this moment about half the United States population still wants him to regain control over nukes starting in 2024. I don’t like this. Even if Trump is…
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Twitter Is Now Promoting Kremlin-linked Accounts
I’m sick of talking about Twitter like it’s the biggest news item in the world, or even in tech. That said, Twitter is a dumpster fire that has captured my attention. Anyway, according to The Telegraph, Twitter removed restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts put in place in February 2022 when Russia started its invasion of Ukraine.…
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Elon Musk Is Fighting Substack (And Twitter)
Elon Musk is a man child, who both wants to be loved, and avoids positive press like it’s actually going to hurt him. For some reason Twitter (acquired by Musk out of a combination of lack of impulse control, and failed bad faith legal arguments) is flagging links to Substack as potentially harmful right now.…
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Don’t Use Social Logins
A lesson from my recent non-announced-suspension from Twitter is not to use social login for anything. Sites that I forgot I registered for via Twitter now require jumping through hoops to access. Some other take aways from my accounts limbo state are explained in the article, A Blue Check On A Pike Warns Us Not…
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NPR Will Stop Tweeting Until Twitter Removes “State-affiliated” Label
NPR, National Public Radio, with it’s incredibly popular podcasts, and well actual radio broadcasts has perhaps the least need of Twitter of any news outlet in the world. And as I’ve said many times Twitter is not a traffic driver. For most media orgs Twitter is under 3% of total traffic. I know Musk disagrees,…
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Twitter Is Blocking Substack Links
This is both petty, and an epic a self shooting of the foot. A vast amount of Twitters most active users are writing on Substack. Giving them less reason to use a Twitter when it is already in a quality decline is so stupid. Twitter is blocking Substack links – here’s how to get around…
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A Blue Check On A Pike Warns Us Not To Give Up The Web
Today is my seventh day of Twitter limbo. On March 31st, I became Elon Musk’s mother for several hours. But the account was put into a type of quarantine. My username replaced by a dot, my photo removed, I cannot log in. But my profile, with the years-old blue check still stands like a head…
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Stephen King’s Happiness Is A Twitter Success Metric
As a writer, Stephen King is famous, prolific, and respected. He’s published over 70 novels, novellas, and non-fiction books. Whatever brain chemicals Stephen King gets from using Twitter is all he receives from his free work to add value to the platform. Since King has perhaps the fewest reasons to use Twitter of any famous…
