Tag social-media

My view on the state of social media in late 2023

New on the blog: https://andy-bell.co.uk/how-im-using-the-fragments-of-social-media-now/ I think I’ve found the perfect balance: not trying to use all platforms the same, but leaning into what I think makes them good.

It’s been over a year since Elon Musk started the process of dismantling Twitter, which has resulted in lots of fragmentation. It’s also resulted in new platforms arriving and some even disappearing (cya later T2/Pebble). I think I’ve found the perfect balance, which I guess is an evolution of the holy trinity. Mastodon For work […]

Predictions are fun and social networks seem to be in a period of turbulence, excitement and of course, decline. This is what I reckon it might look like in 6 months: Twitter will be like Facebook:…

So admittedly I don’t really understand or necessarily care about being “polite” with my Twitter content and that has gotten me into some…

Dan Price was applauded for paying a minimum salary of $70,000 at his Seattle company and criticizing corporate greed. The adulation helped to hide and enable his behavior.

Maree describes being given flowers by Harrison Pawluk in a ‘random act of kindness’ video as ‘patronising’

Every day Instagram is like “ok, your thing doesn’t seem to be Billie Eilish fan accounts after all. Is it... The Office? Is it wine mom memes? Is it videos of piercings that got infected?” Pictures of my friends. It was pictures of my friends, you had it, you lost it

Jon Blair (@okjonblair)Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:35 +0000

tech grifters be like

Andy Bell (@hankchizljaw)Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:43 +0000

By the way if you tweet at me "I follow you for your X tweets, not your Y tweets so shut up about Y" I am going to fix that for you by blocking you.

James S.A. Corey (@JamesSACorey)Sun, 27 Mar 2022 17:10 +0000

let’s keep this civil yall 💀

priya patel (@puhreeyah)Wed, 23 Mar 2022 22:50 GMT

Can I set up a smart contract to unfollow anyone who ads .eth or hex profile pictures tho?

Jonathan Kingston (@KingstonTime)Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:15 GMT

Twitter gives you access to some of the world's foremost experts on nuclear safety, modern warfare, supply chain dynamics, epidemiology, climate, and so much more. Even more impressive is that it's always the same three people

lcamtuf (@lcamtuf)Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:14 GMT

Literally everyone on twitter #WWIII #worldwar3

Etzel Yılmaz (@emetilhx)Thu, 24 Feb 2022 10:22 GMT

love to tweet about my anxiety disorder

Molly White (@molly0xFFF)Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:37 GMT

How to have a better Twitter experience: 🚫 Stop following brands ✔ Follow people from different backgrounds ☣ Quit being mean 🐈 Kittens 👍

Terence Eden (@edent)Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:19 GMT

the greatest twitter interaction

best of line of duty (@bestoflod)Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:51 GMT

the only trilogy i care about

YAKUMO MURAI BLOOPER REEL (@godatelier)Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:42 GMT

https://twitter.com/nazgul/status/1488317254731112448

Even better. Twitter in *three* tweets.

Dr. Pepper’s Husband (Kee Hinckley) (@nazgul)Tue, 01 Feb 2022 01:23 GMT

do you ever think you came up with a unique string of words and then search twitter and realize there is only one person who has ever tweeted the same thing... my soulmate

amy nguyen (@amyngyn)Tue, 01 Feb 2022 06:28 GMT

anniversary of this

vanessa a. bee 🐝✌🏾 (@Vanessa_ABee)Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:34 GMT

"Why aren't there more women in tech?"

Shannon Morse #CES2022 (@Snubs)Mon, 17 Jan 2022 01:49 GMT

timelines and feeds have irrevocably ruined our brains.... we're not meant to scroll from little jokes to the most devastating news you've ever heard back to thottie underwear selfies

milf twink (@SamAllenX)Sun, 16 Jan 2022 20:00 GMT

This is probably my favorite Twitter interaction ever

Just Tidus👑🐺 (@princetidus_)Sat, 15 Jan 2022 17:55 GMT

https://twitter.com/princetidus_/status/1482411163489034248

This is mine

Frederick Colbey 🇬🇧 (@FColbey)Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:38 GMT

If a tweet has "hidden replies" it's the first thing I look at.

Jake Archibald (@jaffathecake)Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:29 GMT

Arguing on twitter is like this (sound up)

Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3)Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:46 GMT

no thinking zone

simone! (@parasocialyte)Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:18 GMT

So @AldiUK deleted their post using my words when challenged instead of getting me permission or offering me any kind of remuneration. Disappointed but not surprised, brands need to either come up with their own patter, or start paying the people that come up with it for them.

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Excuse me @AldiUK, patter isnae free in this economy. twitter.com/Zombie_Jeebus/…

✨Len Pennie✨ (@Lenniesaurus)Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:19 GMT

✨Len Pennie✨ (@Lenniesaurus)Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:34 GMT

this website remains free

Mike Murphy (@mcwm)Sat, 08 Jan 2022 02:47 GMT

https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1479214271443574784

We really have to try to maintain our empathy for our fellow people right now. Everybody’s going through an awful time.

Scott Hanselman (@shanselman)Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:12 GMT

https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1479211491546992641

In all seriousness though, you don’t need cloud based sentiment analysis to figure out pretty quickly the folks are very sad right now. They are bitter, they are misinformed, and they are generally just down. So they slap the keyboard at Internet strangers to feel better.

Scott Hanselman (@shanselman)Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:12 GMT

Me to the comment section on my TikTok

Scott Hanselman (@shanselman)Thu, 06 Jan 2022 22:01 GMT

I think it was 2018 where I used to laugh when someone would say that I’d be “at 10k” soon on Twitter. But now I’m here, I feel like it’s actually achievable? 😅

Pauline P. Narvas 🐾💪🏼💜 (@paulienuh)Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:23 GMT

https://twitter.com/_SaveOurStatues/status/1478761586340909056

Hope the statues see this mate

Major Charles Innocent (@JoeStephenson96)Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:15 GMT

https://twitter.com/bopinion/status/1478214668929933314

I would say "Did a diamond pay you to write this" but it looks like they did.

filmed on location in sunny Arrakis (@BrasTheSpaz)Tue, 04 Jan 2022 13:29 GMT

https://twitter.com/jwz/status/1478604420254343172

It helps if you think of the "Block" button as the "Go Fuck Yourself" button. Maybe try to imagine Jeff Goldblum singing the "It's maaaahhh birthhhhhday" song every time you press it. youtube.com/watch?v=tEt2w4…

j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜ (@jwz)Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:29 GMT

"Hey Eva, what is it like to be a woman in tech?"

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https://twitter.com/evacide/status/1478209482433830913

You are an intensely public figure, deliberately having thrust yourself into the media. You are a social media influencer with 167k followers here and then act all high and mighty when occasionally someone contacts you for business. #stophuffingyourownfarts

Fake PhD Investigator (@FakePhD_reveal)Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:09 GMT

Eva (@evacide)Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:55 GMT

Early 2022 Twitter timeline so far is just extreme whiplash between people getting covid and people getting new jobs

swyx (@swyx)Mon, 03 Jan 2022 17:45 GMT

Few people understand that Twitter is the general Slack channel for everyone in tech.

Anna Gát 🧭 Miami/NYC (Jan10-Feb7) (@TheAnnaGat)Sun, 02 Jan 2022 17:21 GMT

https://twitter.com/mozilla/status/1476951030638260225

Hi, I'm sure that whoever runs this account has no idea who I am, but I founded @mozilla and I'm here to say fuck you and fuck this. Everyone involved in the project should be witheringly ashamed of this decision to partner with planet-incinerating Ponzi grifters.

j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜ (@jwz)Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:15 GMT