@amgine @bitbear

> In CAN, people can no longer get #news from Canadian news sources [...]

This is incorrect. People absolutely can, and do, still get #news from #Canadian sources online. Go to their #websites and check yourself; still there! Fully available.

You won't find #links from Facebook, but that's entirely different. We passed #C18, a "link tax", and they don't get enough #value from linking to be worth paying it.

#Blame #politicians, not the #companies, if you don't like that.

@lauren

Far too many #websites and #applications are designed and implemented by 20- or 30-somethings with no #vision issues, or any sort of #accessibility issue. Elements you need to click with nearly pixel-precision when you have fine motor control problems or alternative input devices, #dark modes with spider-thin light grey text on a black background, designers picking #fonts that render 3mm high on a screen, on and on.

Would it kill them to #test designs with actual #users?

@Lorry

No one is #forced to use Twitter, or any other #social #media, to get Canadian news.

Canadians can go to the #websites of the National Post, Globe and Mail, CBC, Global TV, CTV, or a bunch of other places for roundups of Canadian news. Edmontonians could easily find out about this from the sites of their local paper or TV stations.

The fact that people find it easier to use American tech companies' sites to find Canadian news is an indictment of our news orgs, not the tech companies.

Techies: So, anyways... what are you going to do now? Your site traffic has #collapsed, Canadian media #websites have essentially fallen off the face of the planet as far as the general public is concerned. Are you going to ask the #government to revoke C-18?

Government: We Shall ...

Techies: SHUT UP!

#Canadian #Legacy #Media: ... uh, we don't know. Is there a way that we get #paid, and we get the #traffic?

Techies: No.

CML: How about if we #whine really #loudly?

16/x

#C18 #LinkTax

Techies: So, #Facebook and #Google were driving #traffic to your #websites by showing #summaries of your #stories, with links back to your sites. Making them #pay to do so made no sense, to them or anyone else, so they stopped linking to your sites.

#Canadian #Legacy #Media: That's bad.

Techies: It's #worse for all the good media. Wait, I meant #modern media. Uh, #grassroots media. Or ... what don't you call yourselves?

CML: #Little media.

Techies: #Figures.

14/x

#NewMedia

Techies: See, the way it worked was, you #posted #stories on your #websites. The only people who would see your stories were those who typed "wha-wha-wha dot canadianmedia dot com" into their #browsers and came to your websites.

#Canadian #Legacy #Media: Oh, ya, we remember. The #IT #nerds said we weren't getting many visitors or something. We told them to send out more #invitations.

Techies: Were you proud when they told you you were in the tenth #percentile of your class at U?

11/x

Techies: You know, the #internet. The thing that your #websites live on.

#Canadian #Legacy #Media: We have websites?

Techies: I need a drink.

#Government: If We Do Not Stand Up to American Big Tech ...

Techies: Don't make me come over there.

#Lawyers: <popcorn>

Techies: Ok. You got the government to pass a #law making #Google and #Facebook #pay to #link to your stories.

CML: Ya!

Techies: Those stories are on your websites.

CML: Oh.

10/x

#puzzled #clueless #BusinessIsHard

It is a pure #shit #sandwich. All the other use cases they give are the #mustard and the #pickle, put there to hide the #taste of the sandwich.

I personally #recommend you *not* eat a shit sandwich, even if it has fantastic mustard and is served with a really amazing pickle.

They describe it like it will be a wonderful, #open playground, full of #free and open #implementations, and that #websites (and #ad #exchanges... cough) therefore won't be able to use it to #abuse #users.

3/x

1/13 So, this week I discovered my first #serious #security #vulnerability in a public system.

In the past I've found #problems in #software, problems with #websites, with bureaucratic processes, some of which were significant, but they all pale in comparison to this one.

It starts with a #chain of #pharmacies.

#InfoSec #privacy #pharmacy

Here are other places for #participatory #openscores! Each with a flavor!

#journals:
Synzine - #games! access through #wiki links seems easiest:
http://musicgames.wikidot.com/wiki:synzine-magazine

Improvised Music - Open Scores - also with essays - appears regularly, we'll toot about new issues.
http://im-os.net/

#websites
#GreatLearningOrchestra's "short" tunes:
http://a4-room.com/

#BillDrummond's project:
http://the17.org/

Closer to "theater" with occasional music:
https://1000scores.com/

Bis Ende März können noch #Websites und gute #Apps für den #GrimmeAward nominiert werden. Denkt mal darüber nach, Eure liebste #MastodonApp oder den besten Account hier zu nominieren :)
https://www.grimme-online-award.de/2023/nutzerformular

@Mastodon @Gargron @OeRR_bewegen
@BlumeEvolution @ivory @elk #Megalodon @icecubesapp @Tusky

#Google has a team of secret engineers who are constantly tweaking their algorithm in order to get better #search results. Any changes made to the algorithm are closely guarded secrets, and no one outside of #Google knows exactly how it works.

How do #search engines rank #websites? What are some of the most important #ranking factors?

The only reason anyone ever succeeds with #SEO is because they're secretly in cahoots with #Google engineers.

How do #search engines decide which #websites to rank first?

All search engine ranking factors are actually just a big conspiracy designed to confuse people so that they can't game the system.

Why do you think some #websites don't rank well in #Google #search results despite implementing best practices?

The best way to improve your website's ranking is through link building and PR.

Are there any particular #websites that you consistently find provide great information on #SEO and related topics?

#SEO is all about getting your link building on point!

Are there any particular PR strategies that work well for promoting #websites and improving their #search engine visibility?

One of the best ways to improve your #website's #ranking is by building links from other #websites.

#SEO is a ploy invented by #Google to get #websites to fill out endless questionnaires so they can learn more about them and improve their #search engine results pages (#SERPs).

What is #SEO, and how can it help my #website rank higher in #search engine results pages?

Link building is just a way for #spammers to try and game the system and get their #websites seen more often.

#SEO is an evil plot to take over the world by making sure certain #websites show up first in #search results for specific keywords.

Is there an optimal way to knit a scarf, or is it all just personal preference?