Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Tweet threads — also known as “tweetstorms” — will now be easier to create thanks to a new button the company is rolling out. Background: Threads, which Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen helped popularize a few years ago (before he quit Twitter last year), have become the go-to format for expressing longer and more nuanced…
Storify End-of-Life What changes are being made to Storify.com? Unfortunately, Storify will no longer be available after May 16, 2018. Can I still create a new account? As of December 12, 2017, no new Storify.com accounts can be created. What should customers using Storify.com expect? Existing Storify customers can continue to use all capabilities of…
Donald Trump has retweeted three anti-Muslim videos posted by the deputy leader of the far-right British political party Britain First. The videos originally posted by Jayda Fransen are captioned “Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin Mary!”, “VIDEO: Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!” and “VIDEO: Muslim migrant beats up…
AL Senate candidate Roy Moore/AP Right–wing conspiracy peddler Jack Posobiec—the guy who riled up his followers over “Pizzagate” and nearly got someone killed—appears to have gotten away with doxing AL Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore’s accuser. On Friday, Posobiec tweeted a photo of Leigh Corfman, who accused Moore of sexually assaulting her in 1979 when…
BERLIN (AP) — German bureaucrats — notorious for their ability to create lengthy tongue twisters consisting of one single word — are celebrating the doubling of Twitter’s character limit. Twitter announced Tuesday it’s increasing the limit for almost all users of the messaging service from 140 to 280 characters, prompting a mix of delighted and…
A variety of stories, from some questioning the monarchy to others about the Great British Bake Off, promoted comments questioning their truthfulness A Facebook test that promoted comments containing the word fake to the top of news feeds has been criticised by users. The trial, which Facebook says has now concluded, aimed to prioritise “comments…
I’m James Bridle. I’m a writer and artist concerned with technology and culture. I usually write on my own blog, but frankly I don’t want what I’m talking about here anywhere near my own site. Please be advised: this essay describes disturbing things and links to disturbing graphic and video content. You don’t have to read it,…
I tweeted what was intended as satire of a festering right-wing panic over Antifa allegedly planning violence on November 4. It got weird from there. What is it like to attend your own funeral? In my mind, it has to be something like waking up on a Monday morning, logging onto Twitter, and finding out…
Earlier this month, Twitter temporarily suspended the account of actress Rose McGowan after she denounced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for sexual harassment and assault. McGowan, who is among Weinstein’s accusers, had posted a private phone number to the service. In response, Twitter restricted McGowan’s access to her account. Thousands of users protested, complaining that after…
close story-meta Photo Credit Jason Fujikuni A loose agglomeration of right-wing pundits and personalities on YouTube have, in the last few years, accumulated substantial and devoted audiences. Their politics are severe; they are culture warriors with a new set of weapons. They make their arguments for people who might not be reached by other media…