Digital Crossroads is a mishmash of the coolest updates, deep dives, and quirky insights from across the digital realm. We cover topics like RSS, the Fediverse, and the latest and greatest in the world of social media. Crossroads is for anyone who's ever been curious about the behind-the-scenes of the Internet, the future of online privacy, or just loves a good tech tale.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, perhaps? Manuel Moreale writing the other week about blog post comments: Iâm not a fan of comments in general and I think commenting on something should be done in one of two ways: 1. Privately via email or via direct messaging. 2. Publicly by pos...
When you are reading a tweet, watching youtube video, or looking at an Instagram post, ask yourself: "What About This Excites Me?" The post What About This Excites You? appeared first on thejaymo.
As I rummaged through my old blog posts recently, I couldnât help but notice a recurring theme: Twitter. Surprisingly, amid the clutter of musings and reflections, Twitter stood out as a significant part of my online presence. This got me thinking: What if Twitter had been designed as a full-fledged...
The tech podcast where every day is Earth Day, except for that time we recorded on Mars. â±ïžâ±ïžâ±ïž Dan Moren: Meta has rolled out its new AI Assistant in several places, including its smart glasses collaboration with Ray-Ban. Does this feel like the second coming of Google Glass, or does this time arou...
This is the 35th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Veronique and her blog, veronique.ink To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your inbox every Friday. Not a fan of ...
When writing content, I prefer to use a CMS and I've tried a lot of them. But what would my dream CMS look like? I was perusing my RSS reader (Miniflux) recently and I came across a really interesting post by Dave Rupert, where he was talking about his ideas for a dream CMS. As someone who's tried a...
The web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is. In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to anyone with an internet connection. But all of this is coming t...
In the free-for-all between the Australian government and Big Tech boss Elon Musk this week, the government had to be on a winner. Most people would have little sympathy with Muskâs vociferous opposition to being told to take down from X (previously Twitter) the video of the stabbing of bishop Mar M...
This blog is a living document and I might add more tricks in the future, consider it's only a start.
"I started counting and it's literally every 3 videos." Woman calls out upsetting trend cropping up on several TikTok videos: 'I can't even enjoy it anymore' first appeared on The Cool Down.
It's been a minute since a proper Wednesday edition was out! Today we cover SkyBridge, a platform connecting Mastodon and Bluesky social media, Scroll as a new language and static site generator, and Pico, a service allowing content publishing without installations using SSH tools (and mroe). SkyBri...
The US Senate votes to force Bytedance to sell TikTok â or see it banned in the US. Social media is the new geopolitical battleground.
Substack. Twitter. Bluesky. The blog itself. Also, our old posts are spooling at StatRetro every three hours starting with our very first post from 2004. The blogâs in all these places because people told me they were having difficulty staying ⊠Continue reading â
Meta is making lots of noise about being open, in everything from AI to the metaverse. This isn't desperation: it's smart strategy that understands Meta's true differentiation.
Weâve refreshed the look and feel of both the Piccalilli site and the brand so wrote up a little about that and the future of the platform.
Following the passage of the Online News Act, the Media Ecosystem Observatory studied the behaviour of Canadian Facebook and Instagram users. The resulting report (PDF) is a brief but useful read. Sara Parker, et al. summarizing two of its findings: The Facebook Pages of national news outlets lost a...
Ghost, a major publishing platform, follows in the footsteps of WordPress. Both platforms may be able to follow each other soon. The post Substack Competitor Ghost Announces ActivityPub Integration appeared first on We Distribute.
Recent analysis has revealed a noticeable decline in user engagement for the 25 most-cited news organizations in the United States⊠Continue reading Major US media outlets see steep decline in engagement on Meta The post Major US media outlets see steep decline in engagement on Meta appeared first o...
I subscribe to various RSS feeds using Nextcloud News. It makes them easily accessible on my phone whilst ensuring that things will be marked read if I instead read the feed on my desktop (that's not to say that it's perfect, though: as I've written previously, I also use fediverse notifications to ...
A communication system whose users reveal only a few verified aspects of their identity can empower less confident participants to speak up, researchers report.