Holly Jahangiri

Apr 10

How to Easily Restrict Comments on Your Posts

Instructions for limiting or closing comments on Medium, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and WordPress I often see people complaining about the comments they receive on Posts — here, or social media, or on their own sites. While I think we should all complain about — no, Report and Block —…

Comments

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Apr 6

I took a few selfies while in bed and realized I was kind of scared of posting them on my socials. I was frightened people would take it the wrong way again.

I Posted a Selfie in a Bikini, and People Sent Me Horrible Messages

Honorata Onanisma

What you put out in public will be taken exactly as it's taken - you have no control over it.

What you put out in public will be taken exactly as it's taken - you have no control over it. If you didn't convey the message you meant to convey, it's not always the recipient's fault. It may be that you didn't clearly communicate the message you meant to. That…

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That…

Apr 2

A Request for My Followers

Follow my friend, or the Penguin gets left behind — You know that arbitrary “100 followers or the MPP gets it” thing Medium’s got going, these days? Well, since I love my MPP — my Miniature Penguin Puppet, that is — and he’s vying for a chance to travel with me to Oklahoma for next month’s OWFI 2022 Breakthrough Conference…

Mpp

4 min read

Mar 22

A Mockery of Diamonds

Rafe had made a mockery of diamonds. Diamond rings, the symbol of strong, enduring love and the promise of a life together. A stone, really. Nothing more than a rock, vomited from the bowels of a volcano. Perfect clarity, forged from a dusty black lump of coal under heat and pressure. What woman alive couldn’t relate to…

Relationships

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Feb 24

Struggling to Gain that First 100 Followers? Try This.

Here are a few old-school tips from someone with 3.8K followers — I realize that 3.8K followers isn’t as impressive as 400K. But for those still fighting tooth and nail to attract even the 100 followers needed to stay in Medium’s Partner Program and earn a few pennies from their blogging efforts each month, I have a few practical tips to share. …

Followers

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Feb 19

Literary Point of View: An Exercise

Use what’s most comfortable, but practice until everything is comfortable — This morning, I participated in a lively discussion about literary point of view (POV). There are three: first person; second person; and third person (limited or omniscient). Point of view is related to, but not synonymous with perspective. You can write from any character’s perspective, using a different point of…

Point Of View

9 min read

Feb 10

To The Editor Who Re-wrote My Story Without My Permission

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James Ssekamatte

Publications & Editors

Medium should immediately stop using the term “Editor” the way it does, currently. It devalues the word. At least two of the fewer-than-a-dozen editors I've worked with, who are good enough I couldn't afford the rates they deserve, are on Medium. …

Editor

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Dec 23, 2021

Looking for Stories in All the Wrong Places

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the stories, they’re just not what I’m looking for in a read — I logged into Medium this morning, as I do a few times each week, now. I used to read and write and check my stats as obsessively as some of you do, but had grown disenchanted, lately, with over-“optimized,” click-baity headlines screaming at me how to trick Medium and its…

Humor

4 min read

Looking for Stories in All the Wrong Places

Nov 4, 2021

Before Creating a New Facebook Account, Read This First!

Locked Out — But Not in Facebook Jail It happens. You forget your Facebook password — you haven’t had to enter it in six years, but you got a new PC or mobile phone and suddenly you’re being asked for that ancient password. …

Facebook Account

6 min read

Nov 1, 2021

So You’re NOT Leaving Facebook?

P.T. Barnum Was Right About Us All “There’s a sucker born every minute.” ― P.T. Barnum “Nobody ever lost a dollar by underestimating the taste of the American public.” ― P.T. Barnum I know, I know — you’d leave Facebook, if only your beloved great-aunt Mildred, your third cousin Raymond (thrice removed), and all the “Friends” you…

Facebook

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