Some Quick Thoughts on Meta’s Threads

At its core, a mostly tech-based social platform is child’s play for any competent developer…but the secret sauce is in people wanting to be there. It’s why Mastodon isn’t the heir-apparent to Twitter. That platform is too hard and siloed to figure out. And since it’s not algorithm-based, it feels even emptier. It’s why Bluesky isn’t good. That platform is…

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Employers and Colleges Asking to see Social Network Activity

This morning a read a story on MSNBC that got me all fired up: Govt. agencies, colleges demand applicants’ Facebook passwords. It talks about potential employers and schools asking for access to view facebook/twitter accounts either by logging in during an interview or by friending an official.  This is not OK; it shouldn’t be happening on any level and the fact that it’s…