The disproportionate importance given to whatever a small number of people are discussing on social media is something that needs to end.
Tag: social media
GB News And The Outrage Publicists
If something upsets and offends you, perhaps it isn’t the smartest idea in the world to keep on promoting it through angry tweets.
OFCOM’s Online Nation: Reinventing Harm
The latest OFCOM report attempts to hype the dangers of unfettered thought online, but can’t hide the fact that viewing porn is now increasingly the norm.
It’s Nothing Personal…
Exploding with anger every time someone criticises someone you like or something you believe is stupid.
We Like Big Butts (Surgically Enhanced Ones, At Least)
The desire for giant asses has apparently gone through the roof during the Covid era.
Free Speech As Long As I Approve Of It
The latest right-wing social media platform touting its free speech credentials has some notable exceptions to those freedoms – swearing and porn.
The Shame Of Punishing People For Their Childhood Mistakes
Ruining someone’s life because of the stupid things they said as a child does not seem a very progressive thing to do.
The Happy Whore
Reducing all sex workers to homogenous groups of victims to satisfy society’s desire to see them as such is insulting and misguided; everyone is an individual.
Never Explain, Never Apologise
Apologising for expressing your honestly-held opinions is a very bad idea, no matter how unpopular they might be.
The Blinkered Ignorance Of Politicians
Our laws are set by social misfits who don’t know what they are talking about – isn’t that depressing?
The Vital Need For Online Anonymity
The dangers involved in forcing people to use real names online far outweigh the benefits.
Great Websites We Have Loved and Lost: Succubus Hunter
Will the mystery of the man pursued by sex-hungry succubi at the end of the 1990s ever be solved?