Ari Herzog

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Meet the Fediverse

Ari Herzog

By contrast, larger and older services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat only allow people who have accounts to message each other. It’s not possible for a Facebook user to message a Twitter user. The Fediverse is open sourced and decentralized. But that frequently happens from Mastodon to Hubzilla.

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T-Mobile G2: My New Mobile Obsession

Ari Herzog

Here’s a picture I snapped of the two phones side by side : Launching last fall to many positive early reviews , the phone runs on the open source Android operating system and is pre-installed with every mobile application in Google’s arsenal. Connect: Twitter | Facebook | Email | 978.558.0008.

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Former Facebook User Explains Why He Quit

Ari Herzog

Most of the contacts I have that enjoy the back and forth of social media are also on Twitter , so I can reach them there. I also hope to increase dialogue on my blog, and will be exploring some of the emerging open source alternatives to Facebook. Are you concerned about not interacting anymore with your Facebook friends?

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Follow, Shmollow: Use Twitter Your Own Way

Ari Herzog

Six months after welcoming the introduction of Twitter Lists and assigning people to this list and that list as an alternative means of following, I’m switching things around. I used to maintain a Twitter list located at [link] but I killed that last night. Twitter was lacking in the enrichment department. Why, you ask?

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17 Plugins to Improve Your WordPress Blog

Ari Herzog

The blog platform, as an open source community, is collectively shared by anyone and everyone who contribute code and provide feedback about what works and what needs improvement. Twitterlink Comments lets you input your Twitter username which converts that into a link for people to follow you.

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