tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post1952102596223422453..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Five Most Popular Posts in SeptemberPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-76491162424580394342017-10-08T13:23:32.527+01:002017-10-08T13:23:32.527+01:00On the upside, Phil, even 87,000 views a month isn...On the upside, Phil, even 87,000 views a month isn't shabby in terms of circulating thought through analysis of social democratic views of politics. When I was young you'd have been typing them onto a Gestetner machine, inhaling the ink, and mailing out 500 copies to a devoted band of subscribers. Andrew Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593851567827102782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-6370738512417854452017-10-03T18:04:16.236+01:002017-10-03T18:04:16.236+01:00"Google and Facebook are panicked by the accu..."Google and Facebook are panicked by the accusations of fake news spread via their platforms and know the law is increasingly minded to penalise them for carrying objectionable content. By developing new algorithms and instructing human operators to privilege "trusted" news sources, they are capitulating to the authoritarian impulse to clamp down on fakery (which always includes news and ideas not congenial to the powers that be) and, in the long run, undermining their business models. To use a little supply and demand theory, Google and Facebook's throwing up of obstacles mean, in time, people will simply go around them and find new ways to access the material they want to read."<br /><br />Another conspiracy theory.johnny conspiranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16999152579310845736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-30152214100738504052017-10-01T19:43:49.266+01:002017-10-01T19:43:49.266+01:00Ironically they pester me endlessly to boost the p...Ironically they pester me endlessly to boost the posts from the page I manage. Given its a parish council page, the definition of parochial, they're barking up the wrong tree.SimonBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-31921129976121145302017-10-01T18:32:45.233+01:002017-10-01T18:32:45.233+01:00Twitter is a more effective medium right now becau...Twitter is a more effective medium right now because of the sorting algorithm. Soon they will nobble that I suspect, so it's gonna become all about content copy pasted without attribution until the next diversification of the sector. The platforms are now part of the control mechanism but can't be abandoned without resigning oneself to choirleading. Be ready to lead the exodus, and until then, get your ideas out. Doesn't matter if no one knows they're yours. <br /><br />anilmcnoreply@blogger.com