Social Networks
Rethinking News Distribution: Lessons from Meta’s Block in Canada
A year after Meta implemented a news-sharing blockade on its platform, how is media consumption in Canada faring?
Social Networks
Blogging
On Blogrolls — the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Blogroll is an old concept, but in today’s world, they aren’t always a synonym of positive vibe.
micro.blog
A Proposal For Bringing Social Indicators to Micro.blog
Is there a taboo on Micro.blog? It depends to who you ask. Here’s a proposal.
photography
I’m on Pixelfed Now — My Observations After Using the Service for a While
Thanks to Pixelfed’s mature features set, support for the open web, fediverse and ActivitiyPub, I deleted my Instagram, account. I couldn’t be happier.
Miscellanious
Five Steps For Safely Leaving Twitter
Thanks to Elon Musk, I decided to leave Twitter and move on. Here’s my five-step plan for safely leaving Twitter behind.
Thinking
Like the Dislike — Put the Decision in Creator’s Hands
Let the content creators decide if they want people reactions to their content be public or not, possible or not.
photography
Thoughts and observations from my experience with Glass
If you are tired of Instagram’s bloated features or are looking for a photography-focused service for sharing your photos, with no ads, you might want to consider Glass. Here are a few thoughts and observations on the recently launched service.
Blog
My Final Post On Facebook
To all my Facebook friends, I have some news for you but before, I want to give you some context. It’s been a long time since I made my entry on Facebook. I did not count the years. Over time, I have been more or less active. I poured in a part of my life,… Continue Reading → [https://numericcitizen
Thinking
This is a Story of Two Guys Who Met in a Bar…
…eventually they left like everybody else and nobody would go there and then the bar would close. This is a story of many popular bars. They come, they go. Social places have their own life and their own death for one reason or another. Facebook, is social place that eventually will become a thing o
Thinking
I’ll Quit Facebook And You Don’t Care
Excellent story here by By Jason Koebler : We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites. Facebook is not the Internet. I want to puke each time I stumble on a company “website” which is in fact a Facebook page. I hate Facebook pages. I hate Facebook period.. I’m going to quit in the next few… C
Thinking
My Numerical Citizenships Doesn’t Pertains to Facebook
As a numeric citizen (this blog name), I aim to stay independent and free. I don’t want to be a product of some big entity like what is Facebook now. So I stay away from it. Yes I still have a Facebook account but I’m not active on it. I’m silent after being somewhat active… Continue Reading → [http