Holly Jahangiri
2 min readAug 21, 2020

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I think you should write about poor Donald's plight and how deeply the denizens of Faceberg actually care! :)

Insta = FB. So does WhatsApp, if you're going to be a purist. And they are launching something new (oh, good God, another haven for fake accounts - oh, joy, oh, FML) ...

Pinterest = problematic. Read this (and note the bio of the author): https://medium.com/digital-diplomacy/the-pinterest-paradox-cupcakes-and-toxicity-57ed6bd76960

Twitter = CEO Jack hasn't got the balls to ban Don the Con, or half his sycophantic bots and QAnon followers, but did, at least, lead the way in deplatforming Alex Jones.

Clearly, there are tiers - and you and I are among the low middle tiers when it comes to what we can get by with. We are reasonably reasonable, reasonably affluent women who are not total hotheads and we buy stuff. Or might buy stuff. It'll probably be a cold day in Hell - oh, FUCK ME, it was YESTERDAY - thatI'll buy something through a Facebook link (okay, but a friend sent me the link, and it wasn't served up by algorithm, and it was just the PERFECT print on a mask - no, not the one that says "It puts the mask on its skin or else it gets COVID again" it was the one that said something like "Straighten up you little shit or you're going into my novel and not as the protagonist").

LinkedIn = Microsoft (why does Cortana keep turning itself on, even though I said I never, ever, EVER wanted it to do that???)

Amazon = well, the introvert's dream. Evil as they are, if they'd air drop me fresh food and not by a drone with cameras aimed into my windows, I'd probably be a loyal fan for life. KIDDING. Suck it, Amazon. Your promises mean NOTHING.

Anyway, they're all a mess.

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Holly Jahangiri
Holly Jahangiri

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