Wednesday, October 31, 2018

User2User-LIVE! Video Vault Collection is moving...

User2User-LIVE! Video Vault Collection is moving...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNR_p7iTCAY&feature=share

It's been awhile since I've been able to spend some decent time in catching up on my 'learnings' and 'courses'.

It's been awhile since I've been able to spend some decent time in catching up on my 'learnings' and 'courses'.
A few questions have raised themselves in my brain (and I have searched my memory bank and was going to search my computer and thought it would be faster to ask here):

Is the HOA dead and only YouTube livestreaming the go?
Which is the best livestreaming platform to use where guests can be invited into a show and controls are easy to set up and use?

Currently I am doing a weekly LIVE on FB, using Belive.tv as the platform (which I have paid for) to stream as it is directly connected into FB and is very easy to use. I can download these from FB and upload to YT.

I ask, because time is something that is getting spread thinly between what I do and I need to focus on really learning 1 system to start, that is going to work for me! OBS or Zoom or YouTube Lives???

My ultimate aim is to get my website/s operational again and having what I do being on them, not borrowed platforms!

Last question for you Andrew Hatchett - will your posts here be transferred and accessible (the OBS series and Zoom ones mainly) at/when you migrate the User2User group to ??

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

It is taking MONTHS to get my Business Hangout account removed.

It is taking MONTHS to get my Business Hangout account removed. Many emails back and forth, each trying to keep me subscribed, each time responding Not Interested.

Business Hangouts WAS a good service at the time, but once in, you can't get out.

Very disappointed.

Russ

Just a quick note to say...

Just a quick note to say...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Thomas Lengyel
:)

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Monday, October 29, 2018

New Version!

New Version!
h/t Mark Barrus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbvxFW4UJdU&feature=share

The Latest from Zoom - Super Neat Security Feature

The Latest from Zoom - Super Neat Security Feature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYqUoXDqJIw&feature=share

Connecting a New Computer to the Internet? You MUST read this.

Connecting a New Computer to the Internet? You MUST read this.
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST15-003
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST15-003

Stats 2018: 10/21 thru 10/28


Stats 2018: 10/21 thru 10/28

How to leave a MeWe Group

How to leave a MeWe Group
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Saturday, October 27, 2018

Scott Scowcroft mentioned this last night in the AfterParty of Michael Daniels's new game show Forbidden.

Scott Scowcroft mentioned this last night in the AfterParty of Michael Daniels's new game show Forbidden. In case you missed it... https://youtu.be/q6Wkqrboc54

If you need transcripts, check it out.

Originally shared by topgold

If you want a real-time transcript of your babbling and you can discipline yourself by talking without slurring, you would probably enjoy http://otter.ai and its in-hand or desktop service. I'm getting 85-90% accuracy and enjoying its free tier.
http://otter.ai

Friday, October 26, 2018

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Your thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Your thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

After learning about YouTube Premieres from Peggy K recently I had the opportunity to give it a try last night.


After learning about YouTube Premieres from Peggy K recently I had the opportunity to give it a try last night. My YouTube channel mostly consists of live webcasts I do monthly on YouTube Live using the Hangouts on Air interface. 3-4 times a year I travel and cover an event somewhere and shoot the video to bring back and edit for my channel.

Such was the case for my latest video which I uploaded yesterday. This is a loooong video (over 2 hours). It uploaded in about 2 1/2 hours then took about 45 minutes to process (not bad). I found that I could access Cards and End Screens at that point but couldn't make them work. I scheduled my Premiere for about 1 /12 hours later and set about promoting to FB, G+, Twitter etc. When the time came around I was already chatting with my viewers and we watched the 2 minute countdown commence. Cool! Then the red "Premiere" button lit up at the bottom of the screen and away we went. The one major snafu was evident immediately.

Though the video was fully processed according to YT it was only available at 360p resolution! This was a huge disappointment to me (and a bit embarrassing) as the video was uploaded at 1080p. I apologized on the chat and said I hoped it would update during the Premiere to a higher res but this never happened. No one seemed to mind and the interaction with more than 70 viewers was really fun.

So the warning I would give those attempting this is to give plenty of time for full processing before scheduling your Premiere. There is no indication from YT that this will happen and you can't even preview your own video until it premieres to everyone. It took at least 4-5 hours for my video to begin to appear at full resolution.

All in all a positive experience which I will attempt again.

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Hello

Hello
It's been awhile. Well okay it's been ages since I've been here.

It's been a host of things, most of them not to positive. My health, my mom's health and a basement remodeling project that has turned into The Money Pit. (I told Joan that anytime you start pulling away drywall there is no telling what you'll find.)

Anyways.

I got some good news yesterday. Zoom told me I can participate in their Beta testing.

Something to smile about.

Take care

Monday, October 22, 2018

For those who may be interessted...

For those who may be interessted...
Zoomtopia playlist on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKpRxBfeD1kHX5K5PvxvzdeyOmx6EoCLw
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKpRxBfeD1kHX5K5PvxvzdeyOmx6EoCLw

Has anyone tried this Google Maps new feature?

Has anyone tried this Google Maps new feature?
https://www.blog.google/products/maps/better-way-share-your-eta-google-maps/
https://www.blog.google/products/maps/better-way-share-your-eta-google-maps/

YouTube Premieres available to everyone

YouTube Premieres available to everyone

Go to www.youtube.com/upload on desktop and you should see a notice on the right sidebar.

You'll see the option when you upload a video and set it Public or Scheduled.

Originally shared by Peggy K

YouTube Premieres are now available to all Creators

I had my first Premiere yesterday, and it worked great. Give it a try!

Learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbi_Ic1DDwQ

Learn more in the YouTube Help Center:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9080341

Announcement:
https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2018/10/a-final-update-on-our-priorities-for.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbi_Ic1DDwQ

Alternatives to G+.. A Spreadsheet of Features

Alternatives to G+.. A Spreadsheet of Features
Created by Peter Maranci

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1itbLtjWx2Cx88k2pqqwjY2j9vknLhoXpPXU52sTYbrI/edit?usp=sharing

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Sunday, October 21, 2018

MeWe: Likes & Dislikes


MeWe: Likes & Dislikes
If you have used MeWe, I'd be interested in what you specifically both like and dislike about the program, particularly in regard as it being a possible replacement for the G+ User2User-LIVE! community.

So far, I've liked what I've seen. Granted, there are a few things I'd like to see changed a bit or some features added but I've seen nothing that would be a deal breaker.

Your thoughts

Friday, October 19, 2018

FYI for Windows10 Users and the next update ---...

FYI for Windows10 Users and the next update --- https://www.extremetech.com/computing/279110-next-major-windows-10-update-will-let-you-uninstall-many-built-in-apps?fbclid=IwAR0wYUMcDrXY0KHEWdV4IHCNPIpAP5UubpSggeLmBFVQh5xnNszXXc8iurk -- I am still looking for more detail and heard this mentioned earlier -- We shall see
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/279110-next-major-windows-10-update-will-let-you-uninstall-many-built-in-apps?fbclid=IwAR0wYUMcDrXY0KHEWdV4IHCNPIpAP5UubpSggeLmBFVQh5xnNszXXc8iurk

Getting the Latest Product News From Zoom

Getting the Latest Product News From Zoom
Features Users Can Look Forward To
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This is what it looks like when you livestream from YouTube into a MeWe Private Event.

This is what it looks like when you livestream from YouTube into a MeWe Private Event.
https://zoom.us/recording/play/h6xpmts5LAt8gCKCKrNgXbiTHv7Cysedhm1oQ0tv8U6DP4ouhpracQZ3kssEbBJP?autoplay=true

https://zoom.us/recording/play/h6xpmts5LAt8gCKCKrNgXbiTHv7Cysedhm1oQ0tv8U6DP4ouhpracQZ3kssEbBJP?autoplay=true

LiveStreaming from YouTube to MeWe Group Private Event 1st Test

LiveStreaming from YouTube to MeWe Group Private Event 1st Test
https://zoom.us/recording/play/-YctbC9mIfICbg337nCirqyCJiCwJBL-i15GiMrLgdhr9qwwqaGT_hQb2wXSnPt6

https://zoom.us/recording/play/-YctbC9mIfICbg337nCirqyCJiCwJBL-i15GiMrLgdhr9qwwqaGT_hQb2wXSnPt6

YouTube News - Use Embedded Videos?

YouTube News - Use Embedded Videos?
https://www.peggyktc.com/2018/10/limit-related-videos-on-embedded-videos.html?spref=gp

Looking for a wireless trackpad- for your Chromebook?

Looking for a wireless trackpad- for your Chromebook?
https://chromeunboxed.com/news/wireless-trackpad-chromebook-apple-magic-trackpad-2/

https://chromeunboxed.com/news/wireless-trackpad-chromebook-apple-magic-trackpad-2/

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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Tonight 8pm on the Tinkering with Tech show we talk about G+ leaving...

Tonight 8pm on the Tinkering with Tech show we talk about G+ leaving...
Google phiotos has something new...
Pixel 3 phone....
And everything you want to talk about
https://youtu.be/D8ZAOsED_jE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ZAOsED_jE&feature=share

Helpful Links for MeWe users

Helpful Links for MeWe users

http://mewe.kayako.com/Tickets/Submit

http://mewe.kayako.com/Knowledgebase/List



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Breaking Zoom News

Breaking Zoom News
1. New Desktop interface coming.
2. Green Screen backgrounds WITHOUT a physical Green Screen.
3. Be a Zoom Beta Tester! (zoom.us/beta)
4. 1080p available by end of year.

We are in User2User right now testing MeWe to see the options

We are in User2User right now testing MeWe to see the options

Cool Stuff

Arthur Morehead has asked "any ideas to get past a loss Password?"

Arthur Morehead has asked "any ideas to get past a loss Password?"

Anyone got any suggestions?

In case you didn't know...

In case you didn't know...
http://www.thenewsaccelerator.com/2018/10/google-to-start-charging-for-apps-after.html#.W8c8U3u5t5w.google_plusone_share

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Chrome UpDate Released

Chrome UpDate Released
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/10/16/Google-Releases-Security-Update-Chrome
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/10/16/Google-Releases-Security-Update-Chrome

Worth 4 minutes of watching... :)

Worth 4 minutes of watching... :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5YxGp9pwY&feature=share

Just in case you hadn't heard...

Just in case you hadn't heard...
I've set up a MeWe in case anyone wants to see what it is like.
Feel free to join me in checking it out.
www.mewe.com/i/andrewhatchett
http://www.mewe.com/i/andrewhatchett

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Friday, October 12, 2018

Thinking of moving to MeWe ? This will be of interest!

Thinking of moving to MeWe ? This will be of interest!

Originally shared by Stephan Beal

Perhaps of interest to those evaluating MeWe as a possible new home in a post-G+ world...

MeWe, it turns out, cannot possibly function as anyone's central public online presence platform (i.e., a place where one can point arbitrary people to and say "that's my online home"). A post by Mewe earlier today (which i can't link to because mewe doesn't support inbound links to posts) clarified that their pending addition of "public" pages means "public within mewe", as opposed to "public within the internet".

What follows is copy/pasted from a comment i made in a mewe-side discussion on that topic this evening (Central Euro Time), explaining why mewe cannot possibly change to become the platform i was hoping to find (specifically, a replacement for my One True Online Presence, which is currently G+)... (again, i'd link directly to the discussion if mewe supported such a thing... but if it did, this discussing would even be happening.)

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Think of it this way: here on mewe we can all create posts saying "take a look at this cool post on Twitter, FB, G+, Narnia, whatever", but we can't do the reverse on any of those networks, saying "look at this cool post on mewe".

Mewe can't "fix" (change) that without breaking their privacy-by-design policy. Imagine for a moment that they suddenly offer the ability for me to mark my posts or forums world-visible. Now the comments of every other user in those posts or that forum become visible to the rest of the world, and that's not what they agreed to when they signed up for mewe. There's no way to consolidate that with mewe's wall-ed design and keep privacy-conscious users happy. Simply by making a post world-visible, if i type @Mark Hunt in such a post, that leaks, to the whole world, information which reveals that Mark Hunt uses mewe. Not every user is okay with that, and many certainly signed up with mewe because that doesn't/can't happen.

So... i'll continue to use mewe for the forums (i love the forum features, especially file/image sharing, except that you can't re-use an already-uploaded image in multiple independent posts/comments). i can't, however, use it as my central online presence, because mewe literally can't do that.
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More Info on G+ Closing and Consumer GMail Changes

More Info on G+ Closing and Consumer GMail Changes
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/announcing-upcoming-changes-to-our-consumer-googleplus-and-gmail-services-increased-investment-in-googleplus-for-the-enterprise/

H/T Peggy K

H/T Peggy K

Originally shared by Peggy K

New enterprise-grade features for Google+: tags, custom streams and more

The new direction for Google+ for business coming in 2019.

As a part of our new posting experience for Google+ in G Suite, employees will be able to direct and discover content in a new way—tags. Even if you don’t know all employees across an organization, tags makes it easier to route content to the right folks. Soon you’ll be able to draft posts and see suggested tags, like #research or #customer-insights when posting customer survey results. This helps content surface to employees that follow that tag, and they can choose to engage when it’s convenient to find new ideas or join relevant discussions from across the company.

Plus custom streams for topical communication with employees, post analytics and more coming in 2019.

Get all the details on the Google Blog
https://gweb-cloudblog-publish.appspot.com/products/g-suite/new-enterprise-grade-features-in-googleplus-help-businesses-drive-collaboration/
https://gweb-cloudblog-publish.appspot.com/products/g-suite/new-enterprise-grade-features-in-googleplus-help-businesses-drive-collaboration

A worthwhile read...

A worthwhile read...

Originally shared by Alex Reusch

The Google Exit Strategy
#googleplus #google #social

This post represents the first step in the execution of the Google Exit Strategy and is a reaction to many false promises and disappointments from the big G. The announcement of shutting down GooglePlus (G+) for consumers was just the last proof point,…
http://alexreusch.com/2018/10/12/the-google-exit-strategy/

A starter list of G+ Alternatives...

A starter list of G+ Alternatives...
Just FYI

Originally shared by Kathie “Kat” Gifford

Here are 15 Google+ replacement sites I found with descriptions and links (Tumblr looks really interesting)

Facebook: You probably already have an account there but I had to mention it LOL.

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Google+ Rewritten: The go-to place for G+ refugees.
A place that’s open to the artists, memers, and everyday users of G+.
We're creating A home for the G+ family
A Public Mighty Network

https://google-rewritten.mn.co/about

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Tumblr: Tumblr is an excellent Google+ alternative that lets you share and share anything and everything. Extremely flexible, widely enjoyable, ultra-sublime, it lets you post photos, texts, links, quotes, videos, music and the like from your email, PC, browser, phone and others more.

Tumblr made it really, really simple for people to make a blog and put whatever they want on it. Stories, photos, GIFs, TV shows, links, quips, dumb jokes, smart jokes, Spotify tracks, mp3s, videos, fashion, art, deep stuff. Tumblr is 441 million different blogs, filled with literally whatever.

All those great, random blogs your friends send you, those are Tumblr blogs. We’ll help you find and follow blogs like that, and we’ll help other people find and follow yours.

Once you follow a blog, all of its posts show up in your dashboard, just like you’d expect. See something great? Reblog it to your own blog. Add commentary if you like. Make it your own. Other people will do the same to your posts. That’s how you meet people here.

A micro-blogging site like few others, its all fun, and lots more fun. With Tumblr, you’ll more or less be doing cartwheels every day due to how fab it makes you feel! https://www.tumblr.com/

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MeWe: Share anything and everything: photos, videos, voice messages, disappearing content, mail, chat and more. Capture your entire world or just a moment in time. You own your content. You control your interactions. You design your level of privacy. Our breakthrough technology allows you to stay connected to your world through 1:1 communication or in private groups. Save and manage your content in your personal cloud storage, too. We do not spy, track, or share your data. Your personal information and content is yours - not ours.

No Ads. No Spyware. No BS.
Plus, the best chat & texting app, with privacy you trust.
https://mewe.com/

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Diaspora: Let’s say you get given the godlike power to take apart the likes of Facebook and pump inordinate amounts of steroids into its privacy-seeking muscles, what you get should be Diaspora. With this particular social media site, the fear the majority of us feel about the exposing of our private information is largely eliminated.

Therefore, users get to sleep easy and share anything they like with anyone they want in excellent safety. As a social media site where momentous things happen, it performs excellently and serves as a very viable alternative to Google+ or of any other social media.

Diaspora is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. Installations of the software form nodes (termed "pods") which make up the distributed Diaspora social network.

Use diaspora as your home base to post to your profiles on other major social services. This way your friends will still be able to keep in touch with what you’re up to, even if they’re not yet on diaspora*. diaspora* currently supports cross-posting to your Twitter, Tumblr, and WordPress accounts, with more to come. https://diasporafoundation.org/

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Pinterest: With Pinterest, you are kind of back in high school, with the corridors populated by all sorts of pin boards advertising or displaying this and that. You get to like the said pics, interact with people who share the same pictorial interests that you do, and give your eyes an orgasm every now and then.

Pinterest is rather picture-focused, but it still provides an excellent all-round performance that puts it solidly in line as a top Google Plus alternative. https://www.pinterest.com/

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VK: Russian-based, VK is one of the largest social media networks in the world and the biggest in the EU. Just like other social media users get to make, send and share photos, videos, posts and virtually anything else you might expect from a top social media site. Find out more about VK here: https://www.echosec.net/what-is-vk-and-why-should-you-care/

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Minds: Open-source and with an excellent focus on free speech, Minds is a social network that lets you say whatever you like however you like to whomever you like. Which serves to make it a useful tool and a social media site totally worth befriending if you feel like getting an earful of the diverse opinion other people might have on equally diverse issues.

It stands out with a very professional interface and sublimely combines the features and contents of the likes of Facebook and YouTube. Which firmly puts it in the list of the best alternatives to Google+ you can find on this sweet earth. http://www.minds.com

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Mastodon: Another free and open-source micro-blogging social media platform, Mastodon features extreme user customization and is an uber-lovable monster that’s well worth the stress of taming and befriending. Mastadon is just one part of the network, run by the main developers of the project. It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow the code of conduct! With 500 characters at your disposal and support for granular content and media warnings, you can express yourself the way you want to. Multiple apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms thanks to a developer-friendly API ecosystem allow you to keep up with your friends anywhere. Mastodon is not a commercial network. No advertising, no data mining, no walled gardens. There is no central authority.

Few decentralized micro-blogging sites come as sweet and slick as does Mastodon. Rock it and remake the world in the image of your words.

https://mastodon.social/about

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Movim: Little known but widely admired by people in the know, Movim is an open-source distributed social network that permits users to set up their own servers with which to host content. These servers then work together to share user-generated content.

Due to this, your personal files are far more secure and not sitting pretty somewhere where they can be taken over, hacked, or be ill-used. Let loose on the social media landscape just a couple months ago, it has the potential of growing bigger than ever and is well worth taking a good look at.

Movim is a distributed social network built on top of XMPP, a popular open standards communication protocol that allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices such as Conversations (Android) or Dino (Desktop). You can easily access and explore the content of the whole network and connect with all other Movim users instantly.. Movim is a free and open source software licensed under the AGPL. It can be accessed using existing XMPP clients and Jabber accounts. The project was founded by Timothée Jaussoin in 2010. https://movim.eu/

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Reddit: Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you. https://www.reddit.com/

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Twister: Decentralized and designed for matchless peer-to-peer microblogging, Twister comes with end-to-end encryption, which ensures nothing but the best confidentiality and privacy. Available on a variety of OS, it borrows components from some top social media sites and the security framework of Bitcoin to provide an ultra-secure and very hack-resistant social network service.

Got something to say, but you fear your government might chop off your head for it? Then, use Twister; it’s far better than Google+! http://twister.net.co/

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GNU Social: Kindly consider it a slightly downgraded version of Twitter, and you might well be right. It’s a free and thankfully open-source communication software that you can host on your own and which lets you seamlessly connect among diverse micro-blogging communities. GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation.

If you’ve heard of Mastodon, that’s an alternative implementation of GNU social. People on one can follow their friends on the other. That’s one of the advantages of federation!

Very customizable and feature-packed for both amateur and professional computer hobbyists, it can be a little awkward for the guy in the street to configure and use. Still, it provides very convenient service that can make it indispensable in the hands of someone who knows what he/she is doing. https://gnu.io/social/

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GAB: Gab is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based social networking service formerly based in Austin, Texas. It was created as an alternative to Twitter and promotes itself as supporting free speech. It allows its users to read and write messages of up to 300 characters, called "gabs". https://gab.ai/

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Friendica: Friendica users can connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, Diaspora, http://Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'. In addition to these two way connections, users can also use Friendica as a publishing platform to post content to Google+, WordPress, Tumblr and Libertree. In addition, e-mail contacts and RSS feeds can be integrated.[4] Because users are distributed across many servers, their "addresses" consist of a username, the "@" symbol, and the domain name of the Friendica instance in the same manner email addresses are formed.

Most functionality from major microblogging and social networking platforms are also available in Friendica, for example tagging users and groups via "@ mentions", direct messages, hashtags, photo albums, "likes", "dislikes", comments and reshares of publicly visible posts. Published items can be edited and updated across the network. Comprehensive settings for privacy and the public visibility of posts allow users to regulate who can read which contributions or see specific information about the user. Users can also create multiple profiles, allowing different groups of people (such as friends, or work mates) to see a different profile entirely when viewing the same page. User accounts can be downloaded or deleted, and can be imported to a different Friendica server if so required. Users can download or delete their own profiles as well as import a profile to another Friendica server. Public forums can be created under different accounts, which can be switched between if the accounts are registered with the same email address.

Many extensions and themes exist for Friendica, including "connectors", which can be used to connect to the platforms mentioned above. However, for the sake of simplicity, a lot of new features are also created as extensions and later incorporated into the "core" of Friendica. https://friendi.ca/

October 12, 2018

#GooglePlus

https://friendi.ca/

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Someone here using YouTube may be interested in this article from the CDBABY folks: ...

Someone here using YouTube may be interested in this article from the CDBABY folks: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/youtube/how-to-increase-your-youtube-subscribers-with-one-simple-link/
https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/youtube/how-to-increase-your-youtube-subscribers-with-one-simple-link/

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Look at the Community tab on the larger YouTube channels.

Look at the Community tab on the larger YouTube channels. That might work as a replacement for the User2User Community. If only all YouTube channels had that Community tab. What do you think?
https://www.youtube.com/user/jacksepticeye/community

October 10, 2018 - Zoomtopia Starts Today

October 10, 2018 - Zoomtopia Starts Today
Zoomtopia 2018 is held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, October 10-11. For those who cannot attend Zoomtopia this year, all mainstage and breakout sessions will be live streamed at zoomtopia.us ( http://zoomtopia.us ) .

14 different sessions will be livestreamed today.
http://zoomtopia.us

Monday, October 8, 2018

does anything happen to google photos or gmail with the google+ closing in 8 months or is strictly just google+?

Alternative to Google Communities Part 1

Alternative to Google Communities Part 1
Laying the groundwork...
https://youtu.be/NqGLeqltCAY

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https://youtu.be/NqGLeqltCAY

Wow, I didn't see this coming...

Wow, I didn't see this coming...
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/

Anyone heard about this or have further information?

Anyone heard about this or have further information? Not sure of validity so I’m asking here where some keep on top of these things

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/tech/google-plus-security/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/tech/google-plus-security/index.html

One year left for User2User I guess

One year left for User2User I guess
:(

In case you haven't heard...

In case you haven't heard...
Bottom Line: G+ closing August 2019
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/

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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Major Change in Zoom Events Oct 8-12 2018

Major Change in Zoom Events Oct 8-12 2018
Zoom is holding their yearly conference this week so the regular training events, etc. won't be taking place most of this week.

Zoom will, however, be live streaming a number of events direct from Zoomtopia.I will be posting links to those events as they become available

http://zoomtopia.us/
http://zoomtopia.us/

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Tuesday, October 2, 2018