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Aww, hell, arta, I'm not even

barefooted — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 18:28:00 +0000

Aww, hell, arta, I'm not even on Facebook ... most of my social media interaction happens right here. How sadly old-school is that?? Though I do read a surprising number of tweets and the threads that accompany them since nowadays links to them are everywhere. ;-)

pssst: this guy you may

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 04:04:19 +0000

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pssst: this guy you may recognize the name, I follow him, turns out he's waaaay more active over at twitter than at long form writing and dagblog, seems to me he should cut down a bit for his own good, but it's not a problem for me because I always enjoy seeing what he tweets, often very funny takes on things:

Michael Maiello Verified account

@MichaelMaiello

words: @tnyshouts, @mcsweeneys, @splitsider, @forbes, @tpm, @esquire, @thedailybeast, @weeklyhunorist@rollingstone, @nytimes

New York City

dagblog.com

Anyhew, someone like him who is trying to sell his writing: the more followers the better, you see? When he makes a pitch to sell a story, it's one sign of how big a network of "fans" he has. He also retweets the tweets of a lot of interesting artsy (and wrestling!) people.

I myself, of course, don't tweet, I just read. Though I may do it for business in the future. Clearly, i er, have trouble with doing things in brief. Writing short, I can do it, and well, but it takes me a lot more time and I find it excruciating to edit myself.

just click on their name on

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 03:47:01 +0000

In reply to Who is Sheera Frenkel and

just click on their name on the tweet, then you'll get their home page and at the upper left how the person chooses to describe themselves. The reporters or anyone using the account for professional purposes will definitely tell you, they're using it to get name recognition for their work and as knowledgeable about their professional area

Sheera Frenkel Verified account

@sheeraf

Cybersecurity reporter for the New York Times. Tell me a story: sheera.frenkel@nytimes.com

San Francisco, CA

Joined February 2009

Shane Goldmacher Verified account

@ShaneGoldmacher

New York Times chief Metro political correspondent. Former @POLITICO, @NationalJournal and @latimes. SF Giants fan. TIPS: shane.goldmacher@nytimes.com

New York, NY

nytimes.com

Joined March 2009

Charlie Warzel Verified account

@cwarzel

senior technology writer, @BuzzFeedNews. i cover the information wars. charlie.warzel@buzzfeed.com or cwarzel@protonmail.com (secure) or DMs (open).

newsletters.buzzfeed.com/h/t/63E991F560…

Joined February 2009

I happened on all 3 of these, didn't know them, and don't follow their tweets either, because I follow a couple NYT reporters and one or two political writers like Ryan Lizza then just a couple people like Seth Ambramson . But those I follow, will often retweet something of someone I don't follow, that's how I get there.

I don't like, follow TheHill, I just happen to see their big stories retweeted by one of the guys I follow.

People re-tweet stuff they want their own followers to see. I.E., if their own followers are all their colleagues and they use Twitter to share breaking info.. Ambrason, for example, follows everyone who might know anything about the Russia Trump thing, and if he sees one of them tweet something he thinks is very important, he retweets it to all his followers.

So in the end what you see on your twitter feed all depends on the quality and choosiness of the people you follow.

I'm mostly on it for art stuff, I only started following only a few mainstream reporters and news people recently and it ends up getting me a lot of interesting quality news. (I use my real name so I want to have mainly art-related news people as those I follow, don't want to muck it up with tons of news and political people.) You don't have to have it interrupt you, it doesn't have to be on your phone and you don't have to get notices. You can just go and look at your feed @ twitter.com when you feel like it, or not, just like we use dagblog. It's an amazing tool if you use it selectively and correctly for your own goals. You can fiddle and add and remove people whenever you want.

Who is Sheera Frenkel and

barefooted — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:02:13 +0000

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Who is Sheera Frenkel and with what news outlet is she associated?

eta: Then again, I also have no idea who the other "tweeters" are that you posted.

Just now on a call with

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:37:59 +0000

In reply to Facebook Says Alex Jones' Threatening Rant Against Robert Mueller Doesn't Violate Its Rules

Just now on a call with reporters, Facebook refused to give direct answers to the following:
-Have they already found efforts to disrupt midterms on FB?
-Will they tell us which pages are being downranked for spreading disinfo on FB?
- Does downranking a page actually work?
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) July 24, 2018

thanks, beyond my skills. And

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:44:52 +0000

In reply to So delete the emoticon.

thanks, beyond my skills. And we have an update now, apparently they got enough complaints that they've labeled it as satire, though note it was not Facebook doing it. Users really do have to volunteer to be the police:

New: After I posted this, CRTV has updated the Facebook posting with the language: "Update: Yes, this is satire created from excerpts of the viral Firing Line interview with Ocasio-Cortez."
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 24, 2018

So delete the emoticon.

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 22:24:00 +0000

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So delete the emoticon (and replace it with an ASCII one, which still gets turned into a smiley)

This faked interview of @Ocasio2018 by @CRTV has nearly 1 million views on Facebook. In less than 24 hours.

Interview didn't happen. It takes clips from @MargaretHoover's show and edits in faux questions.

Not labeled satire (other than a ;-) emoji).https://t.co/ipUPsOoyLH
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 24, 2018

@ShaneGoldmacher

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 22:06:19 +0000

In reply to Facebook Says Alex Jones' Threatening Rant Against Robert Mueller Doesn't Violate Its Rules

@ShaneGoldmacher

This faked interview of @Ocasio2018 by @CRTV has nearly 1 million views on Facebook. In less than 24 hours. Interview didn't happen. It takes clips from @MargaretHoover's show and edits in faux questions. Not labeled satire (other than a emoji).

9:17 AM - 24 Jul 2018

2,735 Retweets

3,780 Likes

(I copied and pasted instead of embedding because Dagblog software couldn't take the embed because of the emoticon in the tweet)

This faked interview of

artappraiser — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 22:01:30 +0000

In reply to Facebook Says Alex Jones' Threatening Rant Against Robert Mueller Doesn't Violate Its Rules