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C Social: A Critical Look at W Social
With csocial.eu, I am starting a small observation project around W Social. I would have liked to call it A Social. That would have worked rather well: alternative, analysis, accountability — maybe even a little asocial. But the domain was already taken. So it became C Social. And the C stands, quite clearly, for critical.…
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Why X Is the Best Information Source During Wartime — And Why You Still Shouldn’t Trust Everything
When the first missiles strike or the tanks start rolling, traditional media often lags behind. Bureaucratic approval processes, editorial chains, and the simple physics of getting journalists to the frontline create delays that can stretch from hours to days. Meanwhile, X (formerly Twitter) operates in real-time, offering a raw, unfiltered window into conflict zones. But…
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Let’s get rid of the gender star in German X
X (formerly twitter) continues to use the gender star in Germany, even for new content. For example, the spelling “Follower*innen” is used instead of the actually gender-neutral “Follower” or at least “Follower und Followerinnen”. Apart from the fact that it does not follow the rules of spelling and makes texts much more difficult to read…
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Bring back the Vine?
What was Vine? Vine was a social network that made it possible to record and share videos with a maximum duration of six seconds. The recordings could be made either continuously or at intervals using a smartphone or tablet. Interval recordings were particularly popular, with many Vine videos resembling animated GIFs. Vine was short for…