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By: An object lesson in pseudonymity and internet privacy : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:47:28 +0000

[...] said to me, “the mere fact we have blogs and readers is a provocation to some men.” I know a lot of you think I’m irrationally hostile to social networking technologies–but the ugly twitter from some animal rights nut that Dr. Isis received is an important [...]

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:05:28 +0000

No problem, dance–thanks for your comment above. I hope your semester ended well & that you’re looking forward to a nice, relaxing, and productive summer (if that’s what you’re looking for.)

By: dance

dance — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:59:04 +0000

Historiann, a very belated apology. Mea Culpa. I was exceedingly rude on your blog and I am sorry.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:33:41 +0000

Twitter–yet another way of using computers or text messaging to avoid doing real work? I figured Twitter jumped the shark when the Senior Citizens at NPR started inviting “tweets.” (Even Daniel Schor (?) who’s in his 90s is supposedly “twittering.” I guess it’s a good thing to try to reach out to a younger audience.)

By: susurro

susurro — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:16:23 +0000

@Indyanna writes “Is it the same experience as visiting them on JSTOR” – LOL

@ historiann – wish I’d seen this video when I was having my rather serious rant about social network sites this week. Would have been inappropriate in the context I was ranting, but definitely fitting in general.

PS. McCain is on twitter. I look forward to your snark about twits, oops, I mean tweets

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:38:45 +0000

Re: Traction. I shoulda used their legendary fact-checkers: I looked again, and it actually says “join us on Facebook” which I guess may signify somewhat differently than visit us. Revise and resubscribe!

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:33:52 +0000

I just checked on the on-line version of the _William and Mary Quarterly_ and on the sidebar it says “visit us on Facebook.” Being a (in this case very) late-adopter, I can’t even imagine what that set of words means or signifies, to put it semiotically. You can visit a journal on Facebook? Is it the same experience as visiting them on JSTOR, or are there some cool other things you can do during your visit? I’m always happy when the kids have their own little games and pastimes to amuse them. It gets weird when established enterprises and institutions jump on the bandwagon. (There was an article yesterday about a 70 year old chief executive who “had a Facebook page before his daughter did, which is an e-version of man bites dog, I guess). On the other hand, until I started hanging around here a year ago, I thought blogging was kind of weird. So: visit Indyanna on Facebook, one of these years…

By: Historiann

Historiann — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:21:00 +0000

MST3K–wow, that’s a blast from the past! And a welcome one, too. Thanks for the link.

By: bc

bc — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:11:39 +0000

Gizmodo linked this video with a few other PSAs, but from the classic MST3K (which mocked them relentlessly): http://i.gizmodo.com/5219679/and-now-a-facebook-public-service-announcement

I’m still in the middle of the first of these, and can’t stop laughing.

By: Historiann

Historiann — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:07:52 +0000

Classy, dance–super classy. I, of course, am the kind of professor who makes all kind of “claims with no basis in reality.”

I am sorry you didn’t find my joking around with Fratguy amusing. I’ll be sure to run all of my comments by you from now on to make sure they meet your standards.