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October, 2017

  • Fake News on Facebook. 2017-10-14 10:01 PM.
    • Politics
    • swampip.com

    I think it’s great that people are looking into Russian hackers spreading fake news on Facebook. But is anyone looking into Republican and Democratic activists spreading fake news on Facebook? Probably not. This is why the real solution to the fake news problem is to educate people on how to tell the difference between real news and fake news. 59 words.

November, 2017

  • Big Halloween Day. 2017-11-01 3:04 PM.
    • Politics
    • swampip.com

    I should break these topics into separate posts, but it’s representative of just how much information we news and current events consumers have to deal with on a daily basis. All of this happened on Halloween Day. Civil War Controversy The Twitter day began with controversial remarks by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly about the Civil War. Most of my Twitter feeds (ie. gaming and authors) are *extremely* sensitive to anyone trying to put the Civil War in historical context, so of course it exploded. 1,414 words.
  • OMG ROFL @TwitterGov. 2017-11-03 1:05 AM.
    • Politics
    • swampip.com

    OMG ROFL Earlier today @realdonaldtrump’s account was inadvertently deactivated due to human error by a Twitter employee. The account was down for 11 minutes, and has since been restored. We are continuing to investigate and are taking steps to prevent this from happening again. — TwitterGov (@TwitterGov) November 3, 2017 I mean, what can you even say about the sheer vastness of blatant incompetence shown by the Twitter organization here? It’s pretty funny, at least until you really think about the consequences. 287 words.

May, 2024

  • May - May 2024 Part 1. 2024-05-15 11:00 AM.
    • Blog

    Social media retreat, replacing coffee with tea, a little gaming, actual play shows, and that’s about it, really. At least I refrained from talking about TTRPGs this time. 1,711 words.

July, 2026

  • The Search for a Niche Social Circle. 2026-07-10 8:03 AM.
    • Blog

    Reflecting on the challenges of finding a true online home and a compatible social circle in the modern internet age. 362 words.