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Raindance 2024: The Click Trap

The Click Trap explores the world of online disinformation – but ironically does so in a rather subjective and biased way.

Michael Mosley And The Social Media Plague

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Michael Mosley’s disappearance and death quickly became a circus for social media commenters, narcissists and the worst people in the world.

Desperate Living Subscription Posts – How And Why

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As we launch subscription-only pages, here’s why – both for financial reasons and to avoid the wagging finger of the moralisers.

An Adult Panto Is Cancelled For Being ‘Too Adult’

The ludicrous story of the demise of ‘a panto for grown-ups’ at the hands of prudish theatre officials and social media moaners after just one performance.

Raindance 2023: Warhol

A London-based study of the creeping malaise of influencer culture and social alienation is nowhere near as profound as it thinks it is.

Popular Doesn’t Mean Interesting

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News services need to focus on pushing stories that are actually important instead of celebrity trivia and sports results.

No One – Not Even Beloved Icons – Should Be Immune To Criticism

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Rock stars do not need keyboard warriors to defend them from critical comments.

A Legally Harmful Belief

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When we fixate on the concept of ‘bad’ ideas and simple disagreement causing actual harm, we simply empower those who want to control our every thought.

The Plex Problem – Why Technology Always Lets Us Down

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Kath Rella is not thrilled by continual ‘improvements’ to services that were perfectly fine as they were.

Rip It Up And Start Again – A Few More Thoughts On The Last Days Of Social Media

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More musings on Twitter’s self-destruction and the future of social media.

Twitter Panic And The Fragility Of Social Media

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Twitter’s current problems – and the possibility that it might all end very badly – just goes to show that we shouldn’t become dependent on any single form of communication.

Breaking News: It’s Not Often All That Important

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The feeding frenzy of the headline-driven news cycle rarely informs us of anything we need to know and serves only to increase anxiety – let’s stop buying into it.