In this update I finish up some mostly pointless work on old articles and then vent about the nature of the modern web.
One Inane Task Down, a Dozen More to Go. Also, Fuck The Algorithm.
Tag: social media
I’m On Bluesky.
Guess who made it on to Bluesky? That’s right, the goofball who owns this website! Cool.
If They Remove Block, I’m Probably Gone
Looks like X is planning to remove the block feature, because that’s totally not going to make even more people leave than already have! /sarcasm
The Slow Death Of, And A Farewell To, Triberr
It’s time to say goodbye to a content sharing platform I’ve spent the past decade using and enjoying.
It Would Be Funny If It Wasn’t So Pathetic: Catfished
In what may well be the first article in a series, I take a broad look at the nature of the Catfished YouTube channel.
Slowest Rebrand Ever
A week later we take a look at the progress of the rebranding of Twitter to X. Spoiler: It’s slow. Very slow.
If Twitter Dies, It Dies
With the possible rebranding of Twitter on the horizon, I share a few thoughts on the topic.
The “Archive Of Hate” – A Collection Of Social Media Negativity Over The Past Half Decade
I’m in the process of copying nearly 400 gigabytes of data to an external hard drive for archival purposes – some of it certainly will be deleted, if not most of it, with the remainder organized and stored away where it needs to be. The bulk of this is all data from previous projects which […]
Remember When YouTube Was, Well, Fun?
Moreover, remember when the motto of the site was “Broadcast Yourself?” I sure as hell do, and at this stage the platform is about as far away from what It was when it started as is possible — it went from being just a simple place to share videos, to a place to really be […]
I Miss Making Videos, But I Don’t Miss YouTube
From a period around 2013 until maybe 2017 or 2018 at the latest, I tried my damnedest to have fun with a YouTube channel which focused on my various projects, interests, and the like, much like any other even remotely “geeky” person tends to do. For a while it was fun, but soon, thanks to […]
Byte – The Vine 2.0 That Nobody (Sane) Wanted Or Needed
Remember Vine, that annoying as hell 6 second video sharing service that was big in the early-mid 2010’s, that service that Twitter bought, kept around for a while then killed off in 2016? The one that spawned the “careers” of many an annoying and, in some cases, controversial to be internet celebrities (I’m looking at […]
Blocked For A Reason – 2020 Edition
Back in early 2016 I wrote an article titled “Blocked for a Reason.” The article covered the subject of blocking people on social media – in simple form, the reason behind such (at least for me) and what it actually means when that event happens. I thought it would be good, since it’s been nearly […]
Why In Depth Discussion Or Debate Is Nearly Impossible On Twitter
I don’t care what you want to call it — discussion, debate, discourse, arguing, whatever it is — any kind of “deep” discussion on Twitter between two parties is, in practice, virtually impossible. This is for two key reasons — the nature of the site itself, and the culture surrounding its used. These two aspects […]
The Great YouTube \ COPPA Panic
EDIT: 11/25/2019 – This entire situation is, apparently, far worse than I originally thought –See this follow up: https://www.xadara.com/2019/11/i-think-i-misjudged-the-youtube-coppa-situation/ A couple of weeks ago, right on the heels of the paranoia surrounding fear that YouTube was going to terminate accounts that aren’t profitable (something many people still think is the case) came another thing for […]
No, YouTube Is Not Terminating Your Account If It Isn’t Profitable
In the latest case of “people who can’t even begin to read legalese properly,” quite a bit of a stink was made over a phrase in the most recent YouTube Terms of Service update, which is effective on December 10th 2019. The text in question reads as follows: YouTube may terminate your access, or your […]