Apr 19, 2024 Technology Post.news Is Shutting Down The Twitter alternative launched two years ago but wasn’t able to generate enough growth.
Feb 29, 2024 Technology Bluesky Now Supports Hashtags A welcome addition, and one less reason to keep using X/Twitter.
Feb 17, 2024 Best of Opus Technology Bluesky Is Finally Open for Everyone. Here’s What You Should Know. The decentralized social network will feel very familiar to X/Twitter users. That’s both good and bad.
Nov 29, 2023 Best of Opus Web Development Building a Better Social Media Post with Semantic HTML I’m trying to push back against an ongoing trend in web development to over-complicate… well… everything.
Oct 24, 2023 Technology Farewell, Pebble, We Hardly Knew Ye The promising social media platform started by former Twitter employees is shutting down on November 1.
Aug 25, 2023 Technology Threads Is Now on the Web Some initial reactions, as well as some thoughts on the changing social media landscape.
Jul 8, 2023 Technology Why are we all so excited about Threads? The latest Twitter competitor feels more like a Twitter beta than a mature product.
Mar 6, 2023 Technology When Twitter Fails Itself Or, see what happens when you fire thousands of employees willy-nilly.
Nov 7, 2022 Technology Elon Musk owns Twitter. Now what? Remember: We don’t need Twitter. Twitter needs us.
Aug 17, 2022 Technology Resisting Facebook is Harder Than Resisting Sex A study like this should raise questions about effective time stewardship, i.e., how we can best use the time that has been allotted to us for God’s glory and our good.
Apr 8, 2022 Technology Truth Social is Donald Trump’s Latest Boondoggle The former president’s vaunted social media platform has had a rocky rollout since day one, with little sign of improvement.
Sep 1, 2021 Best of Opus Technology Did Facebook deplatform my church? Or, reflecting on my recent Facebook experience in light of the latest “Big Tech” controversy.
Jul 27, 2020 Best of Opus Technology What happened to AllSocial? The slick-looking social network promised free speech, privacy, and better handling of user content. It’s been offline for over a month.
May 30, 2019 Technology Walking Across Japan A 620-mile walk allows Craig Mod to use technology in a more mindful way.
Feb 25, 2019 Technology The Human Cost of Moderating Facebook It’s increasingly difficult to see Facebook as anything close to resembling a positive for society.
Jun 10, 2018 Technology Stop Relying on Internet Giants for Your Content Sites like Facebook and Google exert massive control over what we read and see. Maybe it’s time to start bypassing them.