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How to be a free-thinker, part one
Throwing off shackles is a two-stage process: One has to acknowledge that a box exists before being able to think outside it. Me, 2021 Google and Facebook track you, learn how you think, and seek to manipulate you in pursuit of … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Culture, Strategy
Tagged Big Tech, brexit, facebook, Google, social media
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Good news: wa’ mIn has been reunited with his family!
I was going to simply add an addendum to last week’s wibblette to announce the good news… but then I realised that a better choice would be to make a separate post about it, as this would make it more … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, collaboration, Communication
Tagged black, cat, facebook, one-eye
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Think before you thank?
Research in 2019 by expert survey consultants Censuswide, commissioned and publicised by OVO Energy, revealed that more than 64m ‘unnecessary’ emails are sent every day. One result of this is the emission of nearly 23,500 tonnes of additional carbon, in … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Strategy
Tagged behaviour, carbon emissions, carbon footprint, email, facebook, spam
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Goodbye, facebook — and, good riddance
[Addendum 27Feb2021: The Juice Media’s latest video adds further context. It looks more and more like my first knee-jerk response to the news was ill-informed. That still doesn’t affect my decision to leave faecesbook; two evils don’t make a good.] … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Drama, News and politics, People, Strategy
Tagged Australia, facebook, faecesbook, Frank Herbert, Mark Zuckerberg
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WhatsApp’s privacy policy change breaks Signal
Update 20Jan2021: The SumOfUs petition I mentioned below currently has 93,661 signatures*. Whether it’s down to that or the general backlash, WhatsApp announced it will delay the rollout of the policy revision from 08Feb to 15May2021. (Big deal: all delaying … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, People
Tagged #OwnYourData, encryption, facebook, privacy, Signal, WhatsApp
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The litany against FB
Hat tip to Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary for pointing me at this video: [edit 01Apr2020 Blast, that video’s no longer available :( ] Here are some words I wrote a few years ago (ok, so most of them belong to Frank Herbert, … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Culture, Just for laughs, Phlyarology
Tagged Dune, facebook, FB, fear, Frank Herbert, invisible, litany, mind killer
27 Comments
Data Driven: Colbert on Cambridge Analytica
Finally, someone goes on air to highlight the dissonance between the mouthings and the motives of the advertising industry. Oh, and some other stuff, about Facebook… This is Not Cool View original post
Posted in ... wait, what?, Business, Communication, News and politics, Phlyarology
Tagged Advertising, Cambridge Analytica, corruption, facebook, Stephen Colbert
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‘Social’ media doesn’t recognise death
When I go on ‘Linked In’, I’m often reminded to congratulate an old friend of mine for having been in business for x years. The problem is, this old friend passed on some time ago… Today I was reminded by … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Computers and Internet, People, Phlyarology
Tagged death, facebook, phlyarology
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Wibble 