Democracy’s and its social media politics’ TEN YEAR Challenge
We are definitely overdue for a “Next Big Thing” innovation explosion of the sort that happened in the mid-2000s. Back then, social media came out of nowhere to seize the …
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Returning @SRsasot’s no-nonsense nod to GRP…
Esteemed political social media blogger Sass Rogando Sasot posted this much-appreciated hat-tip to GRP on Facebook. I may not always agree with GetRealPhilippines.COM. In fact, its founder benign0 and I …
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The death of Jover Laurio’s @PinoyAkoBlog is classic death-by-Yellow treachery
Philippine Liberal Party’s main blogger Jover Laurio has been exposed as celebrity and ex-Presidential sister, Kris Aquino’s beneficiary. Of course Laurio didn’t want this important information to go public, but …
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It’s time REAL techos take back the discussion on social media influence!
Social media “experts” like most Rappler “journalists” and “influencers” like Noemi Dado, a.k.a. @momblogger, don’t have tech backgrounds. Yet they contribute so much noise to discussions about subjects like these. …
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What does Maria Ressa’s participation in New York City’s #NYE2018 festivities mean?
Nothing, really. But according to the Girls’ Club that is today’s mainstream Big Corporate News Media, Ressa is “a journalist in the Philippines whose news site, Rappler, has been threatened …
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Desperately wanted: COMPETENT Opposition bloggers!
In her recent Manila Times piece, A social media wish list for 2019, social media “expert” Noemi Dado issues a call-to-action for Netizens for the coming new year 2019: “It …
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Would you buy Rappler’s “exclusive content” for P3500 a year?
In its most recent project, “social news” site Rappler is promoting a new members-only service its audience could opt into for 3,500 pesos a year. The new service, Rappler PLUS, …
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Detoxing from Big Corporate Social Media and a return to REAL “social networking”
As many of our closest followers know by now, we had recently launched GRPsupport.com (currently in BETA). It’s the equivalent of a home-cooked social networking meal with all-natural ingredients sourced …
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