Following a few gripes about whether some of the accounts I’ve registered on Twitter in the past break Twitter’s Rules, here is a response. First of all, what accounts do I own that fall into this category? 20 accounts for
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Only the law can properly decide Twitter abuse cases
So here we go again. In response to abuse and threats directed at Caroline Criado-Perez it’s people like @bmitchellwrites saying it’s “Time for Twitter to stand up for women abused online”. Some of his words: It’s about time big organisations
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8 weeks of DK Ministries on Twitter: taking stock
Just under 2 months ago I set about getting all Danish Ministries on Twitter, unofficially. The blog post about why I did it can be found here, and the list of the accounts can be found here. So what has
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As I have previously lamented, Danish politics has been slow to take to social media, especially Twitter. So today I present my next step to do something about it… As far as I can tell, none of the 20 Ministries
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Sina Weibo: this is what arbitrary censorship feels like
Alexander Stubb is there. Herman Van Rompuy is there. So I thought I’d have a go at using the Chinese social network Sina Weibo (Wikipedia | Website). The first headache is trying to work out how to sign up. I
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Brussels EU tweetup, Irish Presidency version, 6th March, James Joyce Pub
After the successful first event back in November, there will be a second EU Tweetup – this time on Wednesday 6th March, from 1800, at the James Joyce Pub, Rue Archimède 34, 2 minutes away from Schuman. The basic idea
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Following #TheSpeech – Cameron in Amsterdam
NOTE: Speech has now been postponed. Will not be 18th January. New date tbc. David Cameron’s long awaited speech will take place Friday 18th January at Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. Here are some ideas to allow you to follow
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Have you signed up for a Twitter account recently? If not, then have a go – it’s not a good impression
What is Twitter for? Is it a network of – for want of another term – ‘normal’ people who discuss amongst themselves? Or is it a way for all of us to slavishly follow the rich and famous? I ask
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Study of Members of the Folketing on Twitter – Danish politics has a long way to go
Following my post about European Commissioners on Twitter, and suggestions to get Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt onto the network, I thought I would next do a brief study of how members of the Danish Parliament (Folketing, with MF standing
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If Helle Thorning-Schmidt is to join Twitter, this is how to do it
TechCrunch this week highlighted that 75% of the world’s heads of state are now on Twitter. While there’s some grounds to quibble about the definition of a head of state, and the number of countries featured, the rise of Twitter
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Photos on Twitter: welcome to confusion
I was a dedicated Instagram user. The app was swift to use, had no advertising, and it was convenient to share pictures from the service to both Facebook and Twitter. There were a whole bunch of complaints when Instagram stopped
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Ad hoc EU nerds tweetup – blogup, Monday 26th November, 1830, Café des épices, Pl Jourdan
After lots of tweets and e-mails exchanged it seemed best to summarise everything in a blog post… I’m going to be in Brussels for 48 hours 25th-27th November, and as I haven’t been in the city for a while it
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