So they say. I bet they’re only going to go so far. They still want to profit from that info. FACEBOOK has caved in to pressure from critics and said it would simplify controls over the degree of privacy given… Read More ›
Femmostroppo Reader – January 6, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Perpetrator Friendly Sexual Violence Prevention: Part 2 – “The flaws in this worldview are easy to… Read More ›
Nestle Aus manager calls critics irrational, biased
Complete with the infantilising headline we’ve come to expect from Fairfax media, Asher Moses has written up the ongoing #nestlefamily incident: “Mummy bloggers spit the dummy over Nestle’s spoilt milk” First, Nestlé hung its bloggers out to dry, leaving them… Read More ›
Twitter is TEOTWAWKI: Tech Culture Wars
Tigtog has been blogging about how, contrary to Chicken Little predictions of electronic media being the end of literacy worldwide, children today are better writers than ever before. I was just watching this interview on “The Twitter Revolution”, Chuck Klosterman… Read More ›
Anthropological fascination link of the day
There’s smart/sassy remarks, making political points, social justice calls, promoting the latest hotspot, and shaming of friends/lovers behaving badly. Some of it is funny, some of it is progressive, lots of it is very reactionary, and wow: it’s hard to look away.
The Great Social Media Brownout
Twitter and Livejournal completely fell over around an hour ago, and Facebook has been bouncing up and down like a yo-yo. News sites and blogs are strangely silent about it all. TechCrunchers are speculating a little. DDoS, domino effect, outlandish… Read More ›
Paging the Hivemind: how to filter tweets?
One feature I really like on Facebook now is that I can create friend-lists and add my FB-Friends to whichever lists I choose, and then when I’m viewing my FB home page I can filter the news feed according to… Read More ›
Iran election aftermath: “The revolution is being tweeted”
Large US cable news companies are failing to cover the revolutionary rioting following the Iran election. Mousavi’s twitter account (I have no reason to believe this isn’t real, but let me know if you have further information) says that he’s… Read More ›
Linkfest.
via Sylvia P, these, erm, C-string “undies”. Twenty nine euros apiece. Speculation abounds on Twitter about how they work – like 80s snap bracelets, we’re thinking, though there are other theories. Nezua suggest that they stay on adhered by pure… Read More ›
DNC protests – live stream
Denver Post: “Police use spray to force back protesters in Civic Center”. The protestors are thought to be part of Recreate 68. For those following the protests outside the Democratic National Convention, here’s a live stream. [Via bfp’s twitter.] Feel… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 