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What It Takes To Run A Social Media Platform
Image by Andreas Eldh, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/eldh/)
Over on AskMetaFilter, nushustu posted an interesting question for our technological age: with much of its staff let go, how is X (nee Twitter) still running? The many answers are an illuminating look at running social media on a large scale.
Tape To Wall
Apropos of nothing in particular, EndsOfInvention reminds us of The Breaking News Consumer's Handbook. Always good to keep at hand.
"I stand with penguins!"
Penguins Trumpeting by D-Stanley (cc by)
yasaman posted How to Comment on Social Media by Rebecca Solnit and mefites are offering their cheeky addendums.
Stuffed animal social media
My Velveteen Rabbit by Alyssa L. Miller (cc by)
"My 11 year old announced he wants to keep track of all his stuffed animals. On paper, he has maybe invented 2005 Facebook all over again, for his imagination. How can we do this?"
that's where I'm a-vining
Invasion - connect the dots by Ales Kladnik (cc by)
The art of the tiny comedy - in recognition of the shuttering of Vine, come share your favorite vines.
Mefi Miscellany
Saydee by Ranger Robb
Grab bag time!
Got a cold? Folk remedies from around the world.
What's that thing embedded in the street? Why, it's a recycled cotton gin part.
Thinking of buying a Gudetama, the egg with ennui? Be sure to check the butt.
Want an earworm? Comedy group All India Bakchod offers this song about social media creeps.
Want to be weepy for pets? Mefites share their old dog stories and old cat stories (comic by Mefi's own Narrative Priorities).
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