Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Every so often, someone (always a man) sends me a casual tweet asking why he can’t retweet me. Of course, the obvious answer is that my account is locked—a tiny optional blessing of Twitter’s functionality that means I’m not searchable to the world outside. The more complex answer relates to why my account is locked…
Photo Shereen Way and her daughter Gloria, 4 Credit Andrew Renneisen for The New York Times Shereen Way did not think twice about posting a photo on Instagram of her 4-year-old daughter wearing a green dress and pink Crocs sandals. Crocs, which Ms. Way had identified with a hashtag, pulled the snapshot from Instagram and…
The world has waited nearly a decade to show their disdain on Facebook with a single click. Now, Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is finally building a button. “I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years. Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we’re working on…
A collection of advocacy groups from around the world on Friday released an open letter to Twitter, calling on the company to restore API access to Politiwoops, a site that archived politicians’ deleted tweets. In May, Twitter pulled the American version of Politiwoops’ API access, and followed suit with the international editions last month. In…
A few months ago, I researched how many state legislators had social media accounts and which social media platforms they were most likely to use. That post focused on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and found that 46% of all state legislators have an account on at least one of these platforms, with Facebook being the…
Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube continue to become more and more integrated into the fabric of American culture. For many, they present a more convenient option for communication with friends, family, corporations, and political figures. It’s not unheard of for a tweet to a retail company to be more effective in…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Getting hacked is bad news… unless you’re a bunch of librarians. For three days “hackers” took over the American Library Association’s Facebook page and posted an endless stream of clickbaity articles and spam. The hackers had control of the page for three days and everything was returned to normal on Monday….
(Facebook) In late August, Shannon Neuman and her husband Chris went to the municipal court in Calgary, Alberta, to get a divorce. They had already filled out the forms and taken the requisite seminars. They navigated the 24-story Courts Centre and dropped their papers off. Then, on their way out, Chris and Shannon — no…
It is a truism to say that relationship is hard to maintain. It might be even more difficult when the Atlantic Ocean separates them. But thanks to internet and those big data companies that feed themselves with our personal informations, we can now have a real relationship even with 5,500 km between us. Real in…
By definition, a millennial is someone who came into adulthood in or around the year 2000. If you’re reading this, chances are you are one. Though we’re surprised this didn’t come sooner, there is now an Instagram account dedicated solely to Gen-Y and their “struggles” of trying to make it in the big city. Founded…