Megan Weston @MeganWeston@mastodon.cloud

The enshittification lifecycle of online platforms, which happens as the likes of FB, Amazon, or TikTok shift their focus from users to suppliers to shareholders – and then the "platform becomes a useless pile of shit". https://kottke.org/23/01/the-enshittification-lifecycle-of-online-platforms

there's this (dumb) trope that innately good programmers are people that did a lot of talking things apart as a child (the "tinkerer/hacker" archetype), but I think the real ones are all the knitting girlies, who have already grown accustomed to having to rip out 8 hours of meticulous work because of an off-by-one error

Where did we go wrong that the 1971 JVC Video Capsule would never be made today.

Fun game!

https://www.chronophoto.app

#game #photo #nostalgia

One reason why I used to like #Twitter more than any other social network was the fact that I could use it as a news aggregator, with the amazing #Twitterrific Mac and iOS app making it a breeze to check my timeline. Well, we all know what happened to all the Twitter clients, and so it was time for me to say goodbye to the platform and start paying more attention to posts on here. A week later, I do feel much more at home, my timeline still isn’t as active but the content does seem better.

"Frog Goggles" was not the answer my husband was expecting when I said I was going to be using the printer today.
@3Dprinting #UseYourHandspun #FrogKnitting #knitting #Spinning #YarnSpinning #crochet

Every major media outlet in the world is going to cover Meta's decision to allow Trump back onto Facebook and Instagram.

Almost none of them have covered the systematic censorship that Arab and Muslim folks, sex workers, and trans activists face on those same platforms.

Almost none of them will cover the ways platforms bending to the will of authoritarian governments abroad.

By letting Trump make himself the center of attention, we’re utterly failing those most impacted.

this was the best thing I ever tweeted

Some really nice, spare, simple work amongst the winners of the Minimalist Photography Awards for 2022. https://kottke.org/23/01/the-minimalist-photography-awards-for-2022

Here’s what the quote-post looks like on my end. I know not everyone like quote-posts, but this looks good to me. Though it takes up a lot of screen space. Would appreciate the quoted post being abbreviated, w/a “show more” click through. @icecubesapp

Along with 4 wonderful Canadians, I am honoured to be chosen as a CBC Canada Reads 2023 panelist. I will be championing the book Hotline by Montreal based author Dimitri Nasrallah.
https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2023-contenders-1.6716837

Which social media platform do you use the most?

Please reblog for larger sample.

Put on your thinking cat

#meme #animals #aww #catsofmastodon #dogsofmastodon #alttext