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My [[Blog:Fabrice/The_1001_tweets|Scheherazadean tribute]] to [[twitter]] became timely again with another 1001 tweets written since those that I could, on the previous occasion, only trace back down to [[2014]]. This time, a higher engagement with the platform allows me to overlap with the online record that is, at the time of writing, kept up to {{thisday|15|March|2017}} ([https://twitter.com/fplaussy/status/841813059056332800 a tweet] commenting "It does not need to be imagined, it needs to be written down."). All tweets actually seem to remain accessible, if they are referenced. These are, for instance, [https://twitter.com/fplaussy/status/5773460424 my first] & [https://twitter.com/fplaussy/status/5773596199 second tweet], and [https://twitter.com/fplaussy/status/59292564058157056 my third one], one year and a half later. Follows below a selection among the last thousand or so written since then. | |||
My [[Blog:Fabrice/The_1001_tweets|Scheherazadean tribute]] to [[twitter]] became timely again with another 1001 tweets written since those that I could, on the previous occasion, only trace back down to [[2014]]. This time, a higher engagement with the platform allows me to overlap with the online record that is, at the time of writing, kept up to {{thisday|15|March|2017}} ([https://twitter.com/fplaussy/status/841813059056332800 a tweet] commenting "It does not need to be imagined, it needs to be written down."). All tweets actually seem to remain accessible, if they are referenced. These are, for instance, [https://twitter.com/fplaussy/status/5773460424 my first] | |||
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What strikes me most is the number of "deleted tweets" and even more so, of "suspended accounts", which leaves quoted retweets (I seldom "only retweet") with no context. I have been increasingly annoyed by the censorship on Twitter since then but it is my understanding that recent developments might be changing that | What strikes me most is the number of "deleted tweets" and even more so, of "suspended accounts", which leaves quoted retweets (I seldom "only retweet") with no context. I have been increasingly annoyed by the censorship on Twitter since then but it is my understanding that recent developments might be changing that: | ||
<center><wz tip="Musk taking over Twitter.">[[File:Screenshot_20221031_222220.png|220px]]</wz></center> | |||
I should, however, make a habit of <wz tagtotip=keepingarecord width=500px>keeping a record</wz><span id="keepingarecord">[[File:Screenshot_20221031_213214.png|400px]]</span> of the material archived, and not trusting the platform which is basically rewriting the past with its cherry picking of what can survive and what cannot. A real scandal. I didn't follow much the recent developments to form an opinion of whether it's going better or worse, with only a rough intuition so far that more freedom is better, but that when this is promised or secured by one person or company, this is also bad, so which of the bad or good prevails, who knows? Maybe this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) Mastodon] thing goes in the good direction, but I haven't figured out yet what this is. At any rate, I created an account: [https://mathstodon.xyz/@laussy https://mathstodon.xyz/@laussy], not with much enthusiasm to actually do anything there, but until coming events cut us off the internet, it will be difficult to completely obliterate one's participation to it. It probably will also be useful for future historians to get a snapshot of everybody's mood when "that" happened. | |||
To look on the brighter side of things, I do find that these sporadic memories are preciously recorded in this random sampling timeline. Although it always feels a bit uncanny at the time of posting them, this makes for a great recollection years afterward, provided they won't be lost, dumped or confiscated by the host. I like a lot, in particular, to be reading again the tributes, written on the spot, to people who left us, famous or not, as our own lives carry on. That resonates differently, but no less deeply, years after. | To look on the brighter side of things, I do find that these sporadic memories are preciously recorded in this random sampling timeline. Although it always feels a bit uncanny at the time of posting them, this makes for a great recollection years afterward, provided they won't be lost, dumped or confiscated by the host. I like a lot, in particular, to be reading again the tributes, written on the spot, to people who left us, famous or not, as our own lives carry on. That resonates differently, but no less deeply, years after. | ||
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<center><wz tip="Once more, like in my last compilation, with Bernanos, who remains of painful topicality. Here in my second reading of his take on atrocities during, one would like to write, the Spanish civil war, but, really, during any severe conflict afflicting any population.">[[File:Screenshot_20221031_213344.png|400px]]</wz></center> | <center><wz tip="Once more, like in my last compilation, with Bernanos, who remains of painful topicality. Here in my second reading of his take on atrocities during, one would like to write, the Spanish civil war, but, really, during any severe conflict afflicting any population.">[[File:Screenshot_20221031_213344.png|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
<center><wz tip="Luz with a fitting pause for this big carceral system that we call 'school', and with an eerie resemblance to my father's sister Hélène. Growing faster than my tweeter feed.">[[File:Screenshot_20221125_174056.png|400px]]</wz></center> | <center><wz tip="Luz with a fitting pause for this big carceral system that we call 'school', and with an eerie resemblance to my father's sister Hélène. Growing faster than my tweeter feed.">[[File:Screenshot_20221125_174056.png|400px]]</wz></center> | ||
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See also a selection of the [[Blog:Fabrice/The_last_1001_of_my_3003_tweets|next 1001 tweets]] on the period {{thisday|12|November|2022}}‒{{thisday|1|January|2026}}, or [[Blog:Fabrice/The_1001_tweets|the previous 1001 tweets]] on the period {{thisday|28|February|2014}}‒{{thisday|8|December|2018}}. | |||
Latest revision as of 00:42, 4 January 2026
My Scheherazadean tribute to twitter became timely again with another 1001 tweets written since those that I could, on the previous occasion, only trace back down to 2014. This time, a higher engagement with the platform allows me to overlap with the online record that is, at the time of writing, kept up to 15 March (2017) (a tweet commenting "It does not need to be imagined, it needs to be written down."). All tweets actually seem to remain accessible, if they are referenced. These are, for instance, my first & second tweet, and my third one, one year and a half later. Follows below a selection among the last thousand or so written since then.
What strikes me most is the number of "deleted tweets" and even more so, of "suspended accounts", which leaves quoted retweets (I seldom "only retweet") with no context. I have been increasingly annoyed by the censorship on Twitter since then but it is my understanding that recent developments might be changing that:
I should, however, make a habit of keeping a record
of the material archived, and not trusting the platform which is basically rewriting the past with its cherry picking of what can survive and what cannot. A real scandal. I didn't follow much the recent developments to form an opinion of whether it's going better or worse, with only a rough intuition so far that more freedom is better, but that when this is promised or secured by one person or company, this is also bad, so which of the bad or good prevails, who knows? Maybe this Mastodon thing goes in the good direction, but I haven't figured out yet what this is. At any rate, I created an account: https://mathstodon.xyz/@laussy, not with much enthusiasm to actually do anything there, but until coming events cut us off the internet, it will be difficult to completely obliterate one's participation to it. It probably will also be useful for future historians to get a snapshot of everybody's mood when "that" happened.
To look on the brighter side of things, I do find that these sporadic memories are preciously recorded in this random sampling timeline. Although it always feels a bit uncanny at the time of posting them, this makes for a great recollection years afterward, provided they won't be lost, dumped or confiscated by the host. I like a lot, in particular, to be reading again the tributes, written on the spot, to people who left us, famous or not, as our own lives carry on. That resonates differently, but no less deeply, years after.
So I'll probably keep tweeting, hoping not to attract too many followers, to retain as much as possible a feeling that I can talk truly to my future self without risking to annoy or shock the nosy people who had the misguided idea to follow me. So I hope nobody is reading this except myself in 2 or 10 years time. David probably is.
See also a selection of the next 1001 tweets on the period 12 November (2022)‒1 January (2026), or the previous 1001 tweets on the period 28 February (2014)‒8 December (2018).