2022

Alternatives to Twitter – counter.social

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The news that Elon Musk may be in the process of essentially gaining outright control of Twitter has, unsurprisingly, led to a lot of uncertainty by Twitter users as to whether the platform has any medium-term viability. I could write thousands of words trying to explain the many issues with social media platforms, and Twitter specifically. They act as (mostly) non-discriminatory amplifiers, so for every interesting idea, concept or thought, there are dozens of cockamamie, […]

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Books of Loukas – Hermann the cat

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I was on Twitter (as you tend to be from time to time) and found a thread where a writer was asking if anybody had a cat as a character in their books. Well now, dear fellow writer, it just so happens that…there is indeed a cat in the Books of Loukas. A tuxedo named Hermann, who, like many cats, was rescued from the streets of Old Loukas, where he was scrapping for a living,

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Social Media interaction and the principle of charity

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I have a number of social media accounts on several platforms. I have Facebook accounts (which are currently inactive due to my general dislike of Facebook’s way-too-indulgent approach to insurrectionists, fascists and misinformation promoters). I have accounts under another name at counter.social, a new-generation social medial platform that is a paid project with no spam and no bots. (Yes, this is really true). I have multiple Twitter accounts. One is under this name, one is

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