WordPress.com owner Automattic that has last week been reported to purchase rival Microbloging site Tumblr. The deal is being reported to be below $3 Million, far below the hyper valuation of $1.1 Billion that Yahoo paid in 2013. Back then Yahoo was buying lots of start up companies as part of a revitalisation drive by …
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Twitter to now disclose when public figures break the rules
They won’t remove them though… This follows up a post back in 2018, that Twitter would not block world leaders. Whilst not naming a particular politician, I think we all have an idea on who they are referring to, Twitter will hide by default, but not remove tweets which break their rules. From Twitters blog post …
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Flickr going back to its old subscription model
However for free users this will mean that photos will be deleted. Back in April, Flickr was acquired from Yahoo by Smugmug, this represents a major change in direction for Flickr under them than Yahoo, and a return to Flickrs subscription based roots. Originally, Flickr would let you upload 200 photos on free accounts, then …
On that whole Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Thing
In the big story that exploded last week, and has been doing the rounds for a while. A data analytics / personal profiling / election campaign assistance company used personal and private data they scrapped from Facebook via a researchers quiz app. They then used this in to help influence the US election, and possibly …
Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
Following the announcement of the death of John Perry Barlow, I’ve been re-reading some of his writing, particularly the Declaration of the independence of cyberspace, A document that could be said to be the founding of internet culture, even if a bit naive in how the technology would be used. You claim there are problems among …
Algorithm changes on Instagram hiding posts
Instagram has changed their algorithm again. Now they are said to be hiding some posts, so they don’t appear in feeds. I’ve noticed that I don’t see as many photos in my feed anymore (at least from people I follow directly, I have noticed an increase in branded content, and photos I may like). Also likes seem …
Twitter won’t block world leaders
Twitter, on why they won’t suspend Trump (or other world leaders) accounts. Blocking a world leader from Twitter or removing their controversial Tweets would hide important information people should be able to see and debate. It would also not silence that leader, but it would certainly hamper necessary discussion around their words and actions. World …