Archiving my Twitter, Facebook and other social network activity
@peter My wife & I stopped using the FB app on our phones when it started asking for access to SMS (supposedly to confirm your #). It’s made for a number of missed messages from family & friends as FB drops more features from their mobile website.
Funny thing: A few years ago I made a point to only use FB on my phone b/c the desktop site was too addicting. Now it’s the other way around. I feel better logging into FB in a private window for 10 minutes or whatever & closing it.
Instagram has added the ability to link to hashtags & other users in your profile.
But it’s not rolling out evenly. I’ve linked my main account to a topic specific one & back. Both accounts have shown me the announcement of the new feature, but only one of them is actually linking the name in the bio. (This is in the same install, on the same device.)
I guess it’ll fill in eventually.
It’d be nice if they were willing to let you link *out* of the silo, though.
Realized just why I feel so detached from current #TheFlash comics.
Long series can be:
– Static: You have a handle on the status quo & follow stories within it.
– Dynamic/Illusion of Change: Things change superficially, balancing familiarity with novelty.
– Dynamic/Progression: Things change, and you can get attached to the characters’ journey.
– Dynamic/Churn: Things change so fast you can’t get your bearings.
I was a fan of 20 years of progression. A decade of churn has left me exhausted.
So apparently the sender domain name in DKIM is case-sensitive?
Why?
Domain names themselves *aren’t* case-sensitive. There is no difference between Example.com and example.com. Not for IP routing, not for email routing.
What purpose does it serve for email from blah@Example.com to fail DKIM when sent under the exact circumstances & from the same computer as email from blah@example.com?
Reminder to self: No more pre-built desktops unless *every component* is upgradable.
I just spent 2 1/2 hours convincing an old Dell to see the new graphics card again after upgrading the processor. It’s mostly working now, but everything before Windows finishes booting will only go out on the old onboard video.
@peter If I could just get Kids’ Youtube to disable autoplay…
I love that Mozilla is asking for donations in the amounts of $3.14, $15.9, $26 or $53 on Pi Day!
🍕🥧 #π
Good article by Anil Dash: 12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech
There are a few key things that I’ve learned about the way tech works in the 20+ years I’ve been creating technology, and not all of them are obvious. I hope you’ll take a look & share these principles, and help identify any ones I missed
Twitter locked the two project-specific accounts I use regularly, but not the personal account I use to log into Tweetdeck. Supposedly for behavior violating the Twitter Rules(tm), but all I had to do was verify my phone number on each.
I only tried to log in b/c Tweetdeck wasn’t loading their columns. I suspect that it was Tweetdeck’s error causing the suspicious behavior to begin with.
Or Twitter just really wants a phone number on every account now.
It’s funny how spicy foods can be both comfort food and discomfort food at the same time.
“small b blogging” (via ma.tt) – interesting read on how blogging has changed over time, and inding a big audience vs. a small (but more focused) audience.
It’s really weird to see what YouTube has “recommended for you” when you’re on a clean browsing session & it only has your shared IP address to go on…
Wait, what? Alexa devices are laughing at people, unprompted…
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/7/17092334/amazon-alexa-devices-strange-laughter
That seems like a weird kind of thing to be a bug. It’s probably intentional on *someone’s* part.
It really makes you wonder about the security of things like Amazon Key.
Update from the article: Apparently there was an “Alexa, laugh” command that was picking up on sounds that it wasn’t supposed to.
Which brings up an entirely *different* set of concerns over internet-connected voice activation.
Sometimes I’m annoyed that Pocket won’t tell me how many unread articles I have.
Sometimes I’m relieved.
Kiddo rediscovered an old Paw Patrol toy of Skye. I had to remind myself not to call her Daisy.
“Unsurprisingly, the beverage [spruce beer] tastes a lot like drinking a Christmas tree.”
So, basically like a hoppy IPA?
@lookbeavers Ah, randomized rewards! One of the things that always sticks in my mind about Robert J Sawyer’s Neanderthal Parallax trilogy is that he decided the modern Neanderthal brain wouldn’t respond to that, and would instead be wired to prefer consistent rewards. That makes a big difference in their society, the way they interpret scientific data, etc.
@lookbeavers Yeah, even without the re-sorting that other networks do, there’s always the chance that someone just isn’t online during the right window to catch it. Tagging & DMs mostly fix that when there are specific people you want to reach.
As for likes vs replies, I’ll sometimes hit like on something immediately & reply later on just based on time available. And sometimes just the acknowledgement is enough. But I agree, when you want something more detailed, it can be frustrating.
If Twitter and Facebook are like shouting into the void, hoping someone will hear you, Flickr is like building a gallery and hoping someone will visit. When someone finally does, they’ll see it, and look around.
But that scream on Twitter is already fading on the wind.
Especially if Twitter thinks your friends would be more interested in seeing a sponsored post instead.
https://hyperborea.org/journal/2018/02/flickr-vs-instagram-whos-control/
Tried to pronounce YMMV. “yuhmv?” “Yum-Vee?”
Wait, Yum-Vee… that sounds like it should be an ice cream truck made out of a converted army vehicle.
Hmm…