Posts tagged "social-networking":

Diary

I have the house to myself as D has gone up to Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee for a personal meditation retreat with Hagit. I was invited but didn't feel like being in the proximity of thousands of Israeli weekenders. Although Tabgha itself is a more private place; it's mainly a Christian pilgrimage center.

Diary

I cut the grass and the weeds around the house this morning with the brush cutter. It took about 90 minutes. There's more to do.

Diary

I have picked up a slight cold, as often I do when cooler weather sets in. "Cool" may be a bit misleading for folks north of here. We haven't need to turn on the heating so far, but also haven't turned on the A/C for a month at least. Since we don't need either for several months of the year, perhaps our carbon foot print is a bit lower than the results given by those websites that try to estimate one's carbon emissions. On the other hand, most Europeans don't use A/C in the summer as we do.

Instance blocking; the open web

After so many years in the Fediverse, I thought that I understood it well by now. But looking lately at the landscape, through the portal of Mastodon, I'm not so sure. What I see there is a culture where blocking becomes the solution for whatever you don't like, particularly instance blocking.

The big social networking platforms and their troubles

Facebook’s Monopoly Is Imploding Before Our Eyes

Dave Winer: "You should use Facebook"

Dave Winer, the “proto-blogger” and creator of the RSS news feed system, says that he basically agrees with the criticism of Facebook by the New York Times and other news publishers, but he believes also that their bias is disingenuous, as long as they cannot suggest alternatives.