{"id":333,"date":"2019-03-17T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T19:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/?p=333"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:15:15","slug":"new-at-123ish-the-day-social-media-did-something-right-for-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/17\/new-at-123ish-the-day-social-media-did-something-right-for-once\/","title":{"rendered":"New at 123ish: The day social media did something right for once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look, down in the dump! It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.123ish.com\/en\/entries\/1639-trashtag---the-day-social-media-became-self-aware\">#trashtag, the social media challenge that made people realize they could use tag games for good<\/a>! No longer do they have to choke down spoonfuls of cinnamon or run around blindfolded staggering into traffic. They can help clean up public places and score Internet up-arrows at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s small, but it&#8217;s progress. baby steps, baby steps.<\/p>\n<p>Random links related to things I&#8217;ve said about social media before:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/penguin-pete.tumblr.com\/tagged\/social%20media\">\u00a0My social media memes<\/a> on Daily Funny (boy is that one dead!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.123ish.com\/en\/entries\/2167-social-media-optimization---the-other-digital-marketing\">Social Media Optimization &#8211; The Other Digital Marketing!<\/a> &#8211; Did you know there&#8217;s more to digital marketing than just SEO?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/penguinpetes.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/09\/reasons-why-im-not-popular-on-social-media\/\">Reasons Why I&#8217;m Not Popular On Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.123ish.com\/en\/entries\/1563-bill-maher-vs--comic-book-fans---a-deeper-look\">The backlash against what Bill Maher said about comic book fans<\/a> &#8211; Yeah sorry, I&#8217;m on Bill&#8217;s side this time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.123ish.com\/en\/entries\/1527-real-men-don-t-let-razor-commercials-get-under-their-skin\">The Nazi-Incel rage over &#8211; wait for it &#8211; a razor commercial<\/a> &#8211; Commemorating one of the stupidest and noisiest social media storms in recent history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look, down in the dump! 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