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Technological Woes, Continued

Posted: May 26th, 2009 | Author: alicetiara | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

… And now my Twitter account got suspended, probably because I have a link to tiara.org on my Twitter page. It’s under review, but Twitter doesn’t have the greatest appeals process for suspected spammers. I must have really pissed off some patron saint of technology out there.

We’ll see how long it takes for my iPhone to stop working or my laptops to explode.

One Comment on “Technological Woes, Continued”

1 powkang said at 11:12 am on May 26th, 2009:
i was trying to post a craigslist free stuff ad and it won’t authenticate my phone number, saying my phone number was used on a different account. i can’t post free stuff ads!!! who is using my phone number to post craigslist ads? what kind of ads?

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About tiara.org

Alice E. Marwick (alicetiara) is an Assistant Professor at Fordham University in the Department of Communication and Media Studies, where she teaches classes on social media and digital culture. Previously she was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, MA, where she worked closely with danah boyd studying social software. She received her PhD from the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU in 2010. Her new book, Status Update: Celebrity and Attention in Social Media (Yale University Press 2013), examines how people use social media to boost social status, focusing on life-streaming, micro-celebrity, and self-branding. This blog focuses on academic work, technology, pop culture, communication, and media studies. (I spend more time on Twitter than anywhere else.)