layout: post title: Why I will likely delete my Ecademy account created: 1085464808 categories:

• Social Media

After signing up for Ecademy almost 2 years ago, I am likely going to ask to have my account deleted.

I recently met some great Ecademy people and so decided to give the whole thing another serious look.

Going back in, I found that I had been given a “Power Networker” trial period. You can see that last link for the full list of features that are enabled by this (access to Regus meeting centers alone looks good, although there aren’t many in Canada). The usual price is $15US per month or $150US annually.

All well and good, and as Roland says, “Ecademy is the friendliest social network”. I sent messages back and forth, found some more clubs (which are pretty much topic-specific forums or communities of interest) and all was good.

I did struggle with the Ecademy interface. It never was clear to me how you “connect” with someone. This takes place, apparently, by exchanging messages — you can’t connect without sending a message, and by sending a message you automatically connect.

Except, once the trial period expired, I could no longer connect with people. OK, fine, I really was just testing it in any case. But here’s the tricky part: if someone sends me a message, I can’t respond. Yes, that’s right — since I’m over my limit with connections (10 if you are not a “Power Networker”), and since “connecting” is done by replying to a message (or sending? this still isn’t clear), and since I’m not allowed to connect to any more people, I can no longer respond to messages people send me.

So, here’s what I need from Ecademy in order for me to not delete my account: Give me the option to send an “auto-reply” message if I’m not able to respond; I can then choose to include my email address, a link to my website, or some alternate means of contacting me if people are interested.

I should also put in a generic rant about how I will not allow anyone, much less an online social network, to limit the communications that I have with fellow human beings. I understand the need for Ecademy to build a business model (except I think that social networking doesn’t have a business model), but the current situation really is no good.

layout: post title: How to setup Gravity to post to your Flickr account created: 1279042373 categories:

• How To
• Series 60
• Mobile tags:
• Gravity
• Flickr
• Twitter

Gravity is still the best Twitter client for Nokia / Symbian S60 phones. A recent update (it gets a ton of alpha / beta updates all the time, and they’re super simple to upgrade to directly from within the app) added direct posting to Flickr. There is a spot within the app where it asks for the “Flickr code”. I couldn’t for the life of me figure out where to get this code.

The answer is (sort of) simple. The first time you attempt to post an image, a dialog pops up with a URL in the title. That URL is http://mobileways.de/flickr

It’s easiest if you visit the URL with your desktop browser, which will then end up in the standard Flickr authorize dialog, and once you give permission, you’ll get a 9 digit code to enter. Take this code and save it in the settings when you are looking at the images section of Gravity, and you’ll now be able to post directly to your Flickr account.

And, I disagree on that count.§

And, I disagree on that count. Non-technical users don’t want to learn the technical details of the systems they use — they just want the system to work — and this is precisely why those systems should not be based on mass-produced one-size-fits-all models of problem domains that don’t properly fit anyone. Non-technical users invent elaborate hacks to get their work done because the lack the patience to jump through the hoops developers have created between them & the tools to make the underlying system work the way they want it to.

By John Ohno on November 17, 2018.

[Canonical link](https://medium.com/@enkiv2/and-i-disagree-on-that- count-45f10bc323dd)

Exported from Medium on September 18, 2020.

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• [[flancian@social.coop]] https://social.coop/@flancian/109410259344399436 pull

• [[2022-11-26 13:10:13+00:00]] @[[flancian]]: https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1596491516452782080 pull

• [[2022-11-26 13:07:48+00:00]] @[[flancian@social.coop]] https://social.coop/@flancian/109410259344399436:

  • Known changes so far:

    1. The writing box completely goes away, even if you’re already drafting something. By default it only shows a timeline. You need to click on ‘Publish’ to get it back (which sounds more like an immediate action than something that gets you a box to write?).
    2. As discussed elsewhere: if you’re not logged in, the [[Create Account]] button might send you directly to https://joinmastodon.org instead of giving you an option to create a local account (!).

• [[2022-11-26 13:10:13+00:00]] @[[flancian]]: https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1596491516452782080 pull

write?). 2. As discussed elsewhere: if you’re not logged in, the [[Create Account]] button might send you directly to https://t.co/u8q783pHka instead of giving you an option to create a local account (!). (2/2)

Tweets From Hamir Kalyani Stan Account§

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• Author: [[@vivekt17 on Twitter]]
• Full Title: Tweets From Hamir Kalyani Stan Account
• Category: #tweets
• URL: https://twitter.com/vivekt17

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• We’re stuck talking about and using utterly inane and reverse engineered concepts they made up to explain a world they truly couldn’t understand but tried to manipulate and approximate. ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/vivekt17/status/1605275707680215041 pull))

• [[flancian@social.coop]] https://social.coop/@flancian/109649535941082445 pull

• [[2023-01-07 19:21:53+00:00]] @[[flancian]]: https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1611805339489390594 pull

• [[2023-01-07 19:18:59+00:00]] @[[flancian@social.coop]] https://social.coop/@flancian/109649535941082445:

  • I’ve been thinking of closing my [[Twitter account]] — and how it would be a bit like burning a bridge, or maybe a ship.

    Here’s why.

• [[2023-01-07 19:21:53+00:00]] @[[flancian]]: https://twitter.com/flancian/status/1611805339489390594 pull

I’ve been thinking of closing my [[Twitter account]] — and how it would be a bit like burning a bridge, or maybe a ship.

Here’s why. https://t.co/gcoYQgMZg9