If you don’t personally own your website and data, you don’t have a website or data. Quite simply, you cannot rely on someone else for you to have a website, platform, or social media presence.
Let me tell you why.
social media / social networks
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Centralized social media is dead, long live social media!
I’ve started using Mastodon, and now that the initial buzz has died down, I’m finding it to feel like Twitter in the early days, before the trolls and Nazis and crappiness and “sorted timelines” and “promoted tweets”.
self-promotion / social media / social networks
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All Social Media is Not Equal: A Quick Lesson From Buffer
Because I tend to find, read, and share stuff in fits and spurts, I use Buffer in order to space out the things I want to share. Because […]
social media / social networks
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How to Not Overwhelm Everyone On Social Media – Using IFTTT and Multiple Channels on Buffer
I find all sorts of cool stuff on the internet, and I like to share it. Yes, social media was made for me. But I tend to do […]
business / social media / social networks / society
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Now I Understand Why Some Employers Don’t Want To Be Listed On Facebook (warning: some foul language)
I didn’t understand – at one point – why a business wouldn’t want you to list them on Facebook. Last night I got a dramatic example why. An […]
business / social media / social networks
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Social Media Is Dead: Why Independent Creators Need To Get Back To RSS and E-Mail NOW.
Summary: Social media companies (particularly Facebook and Twitter) seem to be in the process of going for the easy, big bucks of big media companies, and are willing […]