social media

"Social media is to socializing what masturbating is to sex.” Oliver Markus Malloy

Being popular on Social Media is like being rich in Monopoly. Anonymous

Over the years, Litopia has amassed 38,000 followers on Twitter, so turning our back on them is hard. However – how many of those people are still there, in fact – and actually active? I don’t know. What I do know is that place is the embodiment of that unpleasant term for an even more...

Although there is currently no ban on TikTok in the UK, it is being reported that the US ban, which is now in force, 'is likely to spread to US allies, including the UK' (BBC). There is a potentially useful article in The Bookseller on the subject of what to do instead of TikTok. I'm never sure...

he non-toxic alternative to X, has had a glow-up. But is the app here to stay? Social media app that feels a lot like early Twitter has attracted millions of new users this month and, so far, is not annoying like Threads Expand Bluesky chief executive Jay Graber was appointed by Jack Dorsey to...

Per Hermingway. Only I use a keyboard instead of a typewriter. In his day I would have bled whiteout. Boy do I NOT miss typewriters. But having seen multiple things on social media about how people who do things they don't want to do live longer- I figure writers have the chance to outlive...

Hi, all. I am surprised to find myself enjoying twitter (I know, a decade late. Hey, I had dial up internet not too long ago!) I am finding many poets and writers there helping each other. Maybe it's because I am new to it and being careful who I follow--and who follows me? I expected to find...

I do put myself about a bit on social media, but fortunately have not (yet!) experienced any dreadful behaviour. I received some mild criticism for responding to a review (which wasn't a bad review) - a big no-no I know. Oh, and one criticism about a cover design (posted by a cover designer -...