Editor, social media strategist, SILive.com/Staten Island Advance, newspaper based in #StatenIsland, N.Y.
Entered #news business as an intern in 2007. Print still mattered. We didn't hustle for SEO. The #socialmedia and news pairing wouldn't officially happen for a couple years. I feel like I've lived four lifetimes in this industry.
Anyway, hello.
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I've had a Facebook/meta business-related notification problem on desktop for two weeks. I've submitted at least 50 submissions to FB's support team, only to receive zero responses.
I came here for an alternative to Twitter, but now it seems I might be seeking one for Facebook, too.
I thought the #media was in deep shit the moment they wrote about every "controversial" tweet. Yes, some of those stories were -- and remain -- necessary, but the low-hanging-fruit trashy clickbait content strategy has become commonplace among big outlets.
Fast-forward 12, 13 years or so, and so many publications are writing about garbage #TikTok trends.
I work in this industry. I've loved this industry. This industry is deep trouble, and the aforementioned reason is just one of many problems.
Not authored by myself. That's my colleague, Tom Wrobleski.
"What I do see, particularly after the parade ends, is a lot of partying, including by a good number of people who appear to be too young to legally drink alcohol.
"It must be part of some new religion that I’ve never heard of."
"Parade organizers tell us that the parade is an event with religious roots and that homosexuality is against the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. So gays cannot march openly.
"I don’t know. I’ve been going to the parade for years, both as a writer for the Advance and as an ordinary Staten Islander. I don’t see a lot of praying or other religious activity going on along Forest Avenue."
Staten Island held its annual St. Patrick's Parade on Sunday. It happens usually two weeks prior to St. Patrick's Day because of the many parades in the Tri-State area, specifically Brooklyn, NJ, Manhattan, etc.
The difference between those parades and Staten Island's is the organizers on Staten Island refuse to let people march while holding an LGBTQ+ banner. Dublin, Boston, Manhattan have accepted LGBTQ+ representation.
Staten Island does not. Column on it: https://www.silive.com/news/2023/03/amid-lgbtq-prohibition-st-patricks-celebration-on-staten-island-a-tale-of-two-parades-opinion.html
The social media universe would instantly be better off if Facebook removed the laugh emoji reaction button from newsfeeds.
Racial tension? Laugh emoji.
Nuanced topic? Laugh emoji.
Athlete injured? Laugh emoji.
I'd do this on Facebook, but ... laugh emoji.
