This sounds a bit silly but I don't think it actually is ... What is a good definition of "social media"? A definition that isn't inductive ("everything sort of like Facebook") but one that defines the category. All the definitions I've come across sound quite odd-shaped. What's your definition? It's kinda important because if we want to create a better "social media" we should be able to define quite well what that thing is we want to be better.

There's this persistent rumor that East and West Germany were reunited some thirty-something years ago. Here's the opinion poll map for this month's election. https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Go9BB/2/

Public service announcement: this is now the age where your data in the cloud is no longer safe. Offend somebody important and it is gone. From: @Erik Uden 🍑

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