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Unhappy with social network real name policies? Do it yourself

August 22, 2011

Hugh MacLeod: And as I’ve said many times over the years, Web 2.0 IS ALL ABOUT personal sovereignty. About using media to do something meaningful, WITHOUT someone else giving you permission first, without having to rely on anyone else’s resources, authority and money. Self-sufficiency. Exactly.i.e. not waiting for the green light. In the blogosphere, the [...]

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Are your friends a filter or a firehose? Some musings on Twitter and FriendFeed

May 20, 2009

I was playing around with FriendFeed – again – and not seeing the point – again, when a thought came to me which I think encapsulates why I don’t get on with it, and why, in fact, I’ll never get on with it. To start with, consider that social networks like FriendFeed, Twitter and Facebook [...]

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Warning: This post contains strong language

March 18, 2009

You know what I’d love the BBC to do? More than anything else in the world? Turn off comments on all the BBC blogs. And, by way of explanation, post this: “Dear former commenters. We have decided to save the many millions of pounds per year it costs license fee payers to allow you to [...]

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