On Saturday morning I was greeted with my usual email alerts on NBN articles. One popped out at me, Malcolm Turnbull debating Ed Husic on ABC Darwin. I decided to listen to the interview over my morning coffee with the better half, by the end of it both of us were scoffing & muttering “bullshit”…
Recently there have been accusations Greg Hunt () & other Liberal Party MPs have been utilising small spam bot armies to game twitters ranking & trending system for their own benefit. I too jumped on that bandwagon, incorrectly tweeting that there were “damning revelations” that Hunt was buying followers & retweets. For this, I do…
Recently there have been a few articles floating around raging at the meme du jour, “Fake Geek/Nerd Girl”, claiming that it is purely a sexist meme perpetrated by basement dwelling trolls to disempower women. I’ve read a few, mostly became bored with the hyperventilating outrage at something that really drives us geeks nuts. I really…
Over the past year or so, more and more politicians are turning to Twitter to get their message out there, the question is though: does it work? For some, Twitter is a great broadcast system. Press releases are just a few clicks from being released into the wild, ideas can be toyed with, you can…