Category: Internet Culture
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A Case for Webrings in a Post-Social Internet
How’s that for a headline for the first post of a new year! Webrings hold a special place in my memories of the late-90s early internet. For those who never encountered one, or weren’t around back then, webrings were an early tool for content discovery. In the pre-Google and social media era, finding content —…
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The Implicit Contract of The Internet
Earlier I posted this… …and I’ve realized that this is actually something that’s been bothering me for some time. I’ve been living in public online – posting details about my life that might have historically been seen as private, right out in the open – for decades now. Especially during the heyday of web 2.0.…
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Thoughts on Threads
Threads Launched. My overall impression of threads 48hrs in are pretty “meh.” If anything, it’s proving just how mature of a product Twitter really is at this point. It’s missing simple things that we’ve taken for granted, like gif integration. It’s missing more substaintial things hashtags and a way to actually see posts from people…
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Twitter Circles as LJ Friends List
Update April 10, 2023:I’ve been seeing some reports that Twitter’s “circles” feature leaking tweets outside of your defined circle. I haven’t seen any evidence of this happening on my account. Although, I do see the “circles” callout disappearing from my circled tweets (i.e. the appear to be public) after some time. However, these posts continue…
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Running a Mastodon server
I ran a mastodon server over at winnipegsocial.online for about two months. I took it down last over this past weekend. When the mastodon exodus started to bubble up I thought I’d jump in feet first and find out what it takes to run a server. Overall, it was just about as easy as I…