Follow @UrFhasaidh If you are one of those people who think that Twitter bots are annoying, then you may take some satisfaction in knowing that a bot is a nightmare to create. Last week I spent an entire night programming my very first Twitter bot from the husk of a previous Twitter account. My reason … Continue reading ‘Words Smith’ is Filling Twitter with Beautiful Things
Internet Trolling in Irish Political Life
Follow @UrFhasaidh It has to be said that the threat made on Sen. Lorraine Higgins’ life yesterday via social media reached a whole new low in public discourse. Gardaí are now investigating a message the senator received which is at once menacing, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, incoherent, and insane. I’m not even sure if Lorraine is a … Continue reading Internet Trolling in Irish Political Life
Someone I Met on Twitter
Only recently did I start tweeting, and, at that, it was to promote the Butterfly Rebellion and my own little radical news service. After a few attempts I decided to begin tweeting on my own account, but I still don’t have many followers – so, as is normal, it feels as though I am calling … Continue reading Someone I Met on Twitter
Our Position of Privilege
From my recent blog posts you may be forgiven for thinking that I have some agenda when it comes to the question of Islam. In truth I know next to nothing about the religion of my Muslim neighbours and friends, except for what I have picked from a handful of inter-faith conferences and a single … Continue reading Our Position of Privilege
Conversation with the Royal Mail
You might remember the post from 18 December when I got in touch with the Royal Mail about a postcard that was a little late in coming. Claire posted it in early December, when it finally arrived it bore a postmark dated 8 December, and it only arrived yesterday. It was nice to get a … Continue reading Conversation with the Royal Mail
Communications Breakdown
Facebook is not the most natural environment for human interaction really. We use it to try and stay in touch with people; people we see every day and others we haven’t seen for a long time. Sometimes we use it to communicate with people we have never met before, and all of this can be … Continue reading Communications Breakdown
Random Public Journal 