Elon MuskFor almost twenty years Twitter shaped how the world talks, breaking news and turning politics into bloodsport. The rot, though, set in well before Musk bought it. Here is the honest case for why Twitter became a cesspool, tracing the…
BiasThe evening news used to be a guy in a suit telling you what happened and signing off, and that's the way it is. Now it is a team sport, built less to inform you than to confirm which side…
BiasPicture the world's biggest library, where the librarian returns with ten perfect answers tailored to your history, location, device, and mood. That is Google, convenient, efficient, and not remotely objective, quietly handing you what you already want to hear. Here…
CensorshipTikTok has captivated nearly 1.9 billion users, and critics argue it is built on shallowness, addiction, and surveillance. Here is a critical look, backed by the numbers and the research, at why TikTok earns the criticism.
AI Writing PitfallsYouTube is the biggest video platform on the planet, and the more I use it, the more I mutter YouTube sucks. Copyright abuse, an algorithm designed to drive people crazy, and an AI slop invasion. Here is my honest love-hate…
AI vs Human GhostwritingSomething corrosive has spread through writing: words produced without care, at scale, for nothing. Call it the enshittification of writing. AI did not start it, but it made the shallow work that once took human effort almost free. The machine…
AlgorithmsPost your best work to 127,000 followers and get 47 likes; a kid filming himself eating cereal upside down to 180 followers pulls 2.3 million views. That is the algorithm working as designed, turning creators into gambling addicts and follower…
Amazon & KDPGoodreads has millions of readers and a troll problem to match, full of fake reviews, extortion scams, and no real support when things go wrong. For most authors the abuse outweighs the exposure. Here is what actually goes wrong on…
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