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POSSE: Put Social Media Where it Belongs (Second)

Indy–advice, Facebook–August 27, 2019

There are plenty of problems and things to worry about with Facebook, Twitter, and any other social media sites you may use. Data privacy, addictive behaviors, concentration of power, the list goes on and on. On the other hand, it’s hard to resist the popular sites where all the users are. For organizers and activists like us in the Indivisible movement, it’s even more important to be where all the users are. But accepting the necessity of posting to social media doesn’t mean you have to depend completely on those services. One approach, which has been around for years but is still relevant today, is called “POSSE”, defined by its proponents like this: POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on continue reading

And We’re Back

Indy–Facebook, updates–May 18, 2019May 18, 2019

…and ready to try to post more regularly here. I’ve spiffed up the theme and tidied up the details of what this is about. Though the network continues to proudly host sites for many groups, this site has looked abandoned for too long. Will I stick to posting better than I did with the three (3) “weekly updates” I posted through all of 2017? Follow along to find out! I’ve become more and more concerned about the power that the giant, corporate social networks have over our lives, information, and discourse, and will probably tend to post about that. For example, this TED talk about Facebook’s role in Brexit: And if you’re interested in that, her behind-the-scenes account of giving continue reading