@priryo If we really want to up our #typography games, we need to start using the true minus sign "−" instead of hyphen "-" in numeric expressions as well.
Hypen: "-"
Minus sign: "−"
En-dash: "–"
Em-dash: "—"
I'm not quite there yet with the minus sign, but I still can't convince self-declared #influencers that I'm not an AI bot, so I suggest that they all unfollow me right now. In fact, block me. Burn your phones and laptops just to be safe. 
'Delulu with no solulu': the influencer network that is changing the way our politicians engage
By Evelyn Manfield
Politicians are on a mission this election to connect with voters online like never before. It is opening the door for podcasters and social media personalities to have increasing political influence.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/federal-election-podcasters-social-media-influencer/105161080
#Twitter #defamation #influencers #lawsuits #GiftArticle
'Ms. Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against Matt Wallace, an influencer on X with more than two million followers. Mr. Wallace was one of the more prominent people to spread the falsehood in a series of posts.'
#Philippines #crime #livestreaming #influencers
"Following the recent incident involving Russian-American content creator Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, who staged disruptive pranks in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has issued a reminder to foreign content creators planning to visit the Philippines."
#scams #fraud #OnlineSafety #influencers
"With online scams growing fast — the FTC says reported scams cost people in the U.S. more than $12.5 billion in 2024, which was a 25% increase on the 2023 figure — it shouldn't be a surprise that opposing them should be big business too. Indeed, this new form of entertainment is enough of a rising tide to lift all boats."
US tourist arrested after visit to restricted North Sentinel island
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4zl225g8o
Communities grapple with overtourism as social media fuels popularity
By Olivia Sanders and Steve Martin
Local communities say they need help managing overtourism as mass visitation creates issues for wildlife, raises evacuation concerns, and poses safety risks.
Day five: Multi-cultural bullshit
“Chinese language #influencers who mostly post lifestyle content are interviewing election candidates on the social media app #Rednote, allowing politicians to bypass an apparent “shadow ban” on #campaigning by the app and reach a disengaged but vital audience.
The interviews with influencers who usually post about food, real estate and shopping have been published on a platform that is not actively monitored by the Australian Electoral Commission due to Rednote’s scale and the commission’s resources.
#ScottYung, the #Liberal candidate for the ultra-marginal Sydney seat of #Bennelong, where almost one-third of residents have #Chinese ancestry, has featured in multiple interviews shared by #Mandarin speaking influencers on Rednote in recent weeks.”
I note Scotty (another Scotty) highlighted himself due to State campaigning irregularities in 2019. Johhny (War crimes) Howard is all over the #Bennelong campaign. Howard, one step away from #CCP influence campaign. Handy Andy Hastings will be in fits.
This isn’t a “Chinese thing”, this is a “Politics thing” where a multicultural background is weaponised for candidates against the rest of Australian #voters.
#Spruiking / #campaigning <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/02/candidates-using-influencers-to-bypass-shadow-ban-on-campaigning-by-chinese-social-media-app-rednote> / <https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/liberal-candidate-faces-more-questions-over-undisclosed-campaign-spending-20250331-p5lnxb.html>
#China #Taiwan #influencers #legal
"Chinese Douyin influencer 'Yaya in Taiwan,' whose real name is Liu Zhen-ya, left Taiwan on March 25 after a deportation order.... Liu, who has around 500,000 followers on the Chinese social media platform Douyin, came under scrutiny last month over videos expressing support for the unification of Taiwan and China by armed force."
Anti-vaccine influencer, Danny Lemoi, who took horse Ivermectin every day died of heart complications. Now his followers—many who also took it—are reporting scary symptoms of their own.
#Ivermectin #Health #Disinformation #UnitedStates #Influencers #HeartDisease #Medicine
https://www.alojapan.com/1230175/shogo-yamaguchi-traditional-culture-thrives-in-a-peaceful-society/ Shogo Yamaguchi: ‘Traditional culture thrives in a peaceful society’ #influencers #kobudo #Kyoto #KyotoNews #MartialArts #news #TeaCeremony #YouTube #京都 #京都府 Kyoto – Shogo Yamaguchi, 30, has been sharing his love of Japanese traditional culture with the world through his YouTube channel Let’s ask Shogo since 2020. The Kyoto-based cultural enthusiast and content creator’s goal is to protect and promote Japan’s traditions, from tea ceremony to…
#SocialNetworks that are fed by an #algorithm are causing much harm to you. Just one example of many: https://karl-voit.at/2024/07/13/social-network-filters/
Please do convince your friends and relatives to try out a healthy alternative like the #Fediverse here: https://karl-voit.at/2024/06/18/Fediverse-and-Mastodon/
When you visit your friends and family, tell them about not having #endlessscrolling or #doomscrolling. Tell them about being able to read unfiltered comments and articles. Tell them about not destroying your mental health all the time, following some #influencers that show a wrong picture of the world and the people.
Accounts on servers like https://graz.social are for free. (Donations welcomed: https://info.graz.social/spenden/ )
Have a happy weekend!
Andrew Tate & Tristan Tate return to Romania to face human trafficking charges and ‘prove innocent men don’t run from anything’ https://www.byteseu.com/855563/ #AmericanRight #AndrewTate #ControversialFigures #CriminalCharges #HumanTrafficking #HumanTraffickingCharges #Influencers #LegalTroubles #misogyny #RapeAllegations #ReturnToRomania #Romania #Romania2025 #SocialMediaInfluencers #TaxEvasion #TristanTate
#GiftArticle #influencers #aging #NDAs
'For nearly a decade, Mr. Johnson has wielded confidentiality agreements to control his image and the companies he built atop that image. His employees, sexual partners, vendors and contract workers have all had to sign the documents, sometimes in exchange for settlements, severance or continued employment at his firms, according to people close to him and his start-ups, internal documents and court records.'
Can we just not, we truly are in the worst timeline
People Are Using #AI to Create #Influencers With #DownSyndrome Who Sell Nudes
#Instagram’s unwillingness to #moderate AI-generated content finds a new low.
https://www.404media.co/people-are-using-ai-to-create-influencers-with-down-syndrome-who-sell-nudes/
#marketers #influencers #GenZ #YoungPeople
'Recently published in the Journal of Brand Strategy, “Tapping generation Z micro-influencers for marketing and branding” outlines that the key to reaching Gen Zers may lie in the utilization of non-celebrity influencers, better known as micro-influencers. '
https://news.temple.edu/news/2025-03-18/micro-influencers-have-major-influence-generation-z
I feel like throwing an eraser at these sleeping #influencers like one of my professors did at #HowardU BITD. Hello? Have you been paying attention? The current #fascist #lawless regime is, whelp, #lawless. They are busy #deporting #legalimmigrants & threatening to #deport #citizens. They have illegally fired #civilservants. Why would they, on god's green earth, be constrained by #international #treaties and #IARU agreements or listen to suggestions from #hams?
I forgot to include the modifier "#influencers" before #hamradio operators in my previous post. I'm talking about the #Hamr ops on #youtube who prattle on about how they would like the #Amateurradio service to be tweaked or adjusted (vs. #DELETED?)
INFORMS: YouTube Influencers: Gaming’s Best Friend or Worst Enemy?. “The study, ‘Opposing Influences of YouTube Influencers: Purchase and Usage Effects in the Video Game Industry,’ provides the first causal evidence of how influencer marketing affects gaming. Researchers found that although YouTube gaming content increases playtime, it may also discourage purchases – particularly for […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/16/youtube-influencers-gamings-best-friend-or-worst-enemy-informs/
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