2024 has seen a real paradigm shift in Social Media and its usage. I have posted about this many times (!) because after solid and real growth for decades we are seeing some real shifts,… What is happening with the fediverse?
In a move that nobody really doubted, Brazil has suspended X/Twitter in the country. Musk said Brazil has suspended truth, but in reality it is more that Brazil suspended the mouthpiece of a radical megalomaniac… X suspended in Brazil!
This reports says how many large websites and website owners are opting out of Apple AI training. Whilst this *seems* good I am hearing that despite this Apple and many other companies are scraping the… Many larger website opt out of Apples AI training
*UPDATED WITH NEW NEWS AND EXTRA INFORMATION* I haven’t posted much the last week or so as we have had a friend who has been very poorly which has taken up a large part of… X’s decline laid bare…
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has been cited as the worst buyout since the financial crash of 2008….This goes a long way to explaining how the platform has slid, and why Elon himself is trying to… Twitter takeover a disaster?
I’m increasingly hearing that the current ad blitz is actually harming brands and services more than bringing them in revenue, for example youtube blocking ad blockers (!) seems to annoy far more people than it… Have ads gone too far?
Now call me a cynic – but this seems yet another step too far from Apple but I seriously doubt anyone will care. In a cynical move Apple will take 30% from your money by… Apple hits patreon hard!
I am forever getting people asking me about how FB and Meta are making things difficult and how to get back to the old days so I have compiled a few tips to help you… FB cheats and tips 2024!
It has long been known that X/Twitter is THE tool for politics and journalists, and whilst the platform still appears to be in freefall here in the UK The Guardian has an interesting article on… X/Twitter and politics
In a strange move, Elon Musk and his X company have decided to sue advertisers forahem not advertising on his X platform – this is despite him famously telling the exact same advertiser to go… Has Elon lost the plot? (again)