Jack Yan discusses why he called time on the automatic posting of Lucire headlines and links to the site formerly known as Twitter […]
Time to disconnect from X, the site formerly known as Twitter
September 5, 2023/13.00
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Five from 1999: a more experimental, optimistic time
January 10, 2023/3.42
Uploading five old articles (originally removed for space reasons when server hard drives were smaller) reminds Jack Yan of the internet culture of the late 1990s […]
November 8, 2022/3.45
Founder and publisher Jack Yan on why Lucire will use its Mastodon account more for social media going forward […]
Jacinda Ardern at Chatham House: providing greater depth on the Christchurch Call
July 5, 2022/4.28
The Q&A following New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s address at Chatham House on Sunday was arguably more insightful, touching on topics ranging from climate change to the geopolitical order, but it is her thoughts on social media that touch our prior concerns here at Lucire […]
Brands need special spaces in the metaverse, rather than mixing it with everyone
March 30, 2022/12.05
There were three stories in Lucire during March on virtual worlds. First, Riveka Thevendran took us into gaming fashion with a brief journey into its history, for a feature originally published in print. Secondly, DeepBrain announced that Chinese state TV channel CCTV will have an AI anchor. And thirdly, Kate Moss now has an avatar […]
Account restored: we’re back on Instagram
October 6, 2021/2.44
Lucire’s Instagram account has been reinstated, with Instagram parent company Facebook claiming that there had been a breach of its terms of service. I am personally thankful for those who responded to me and restored the account. Their email states, inter alia, ‘You can’t attempt to create accounts or access or collect information in unauthorized […]
Instagram shuts down Lucire’s and others’ accounts with no explanation
September 30, 2021/19.56
A number of Instagram accounts have been shut down with no violation of their terms and conditions, including the account for Lucire. Activity on social media, especially Reddit, suggests that Instagram has been closing numerous accounts without warning, and barring any attempts at the link they provide to file appeals. One observer on Reddit’s […]
After the events of January 6, Emily Ratajkowski and others point to the real dangers
January 8, 2021/12.53
Inez & Vinoodh/Kérastase Above: Emily Ratajkowski (centre) in a new promotion for Kérastase, as promoted on her Instagram. But it’s what she wrote on Twitter that’s far more on point with the events of January 6 in the US. When you have US friends on all sides of the political spectrum—greens, Democrats, Republicans, libertarians—you tend […]
Sophie Morris live-streams Songs and Stories from the Stage concert on June 18
June 15, 2020/22.47
Singer, actor and presenter Sophie Morris will present a live-streamed performance, Songs and Stories from the Stage, from her living room on Thursday, June 18, at 7.30 p.m. NZST (0730 GMT, 8.30 a.m. British summer time), in partnership with Boosted NZ Live. The show will appear on Boosted and on Morris’s Facebook page. Morris, […]
Facebook’s demise wouldn’t affect us much
May 30, 2020/11.14
Like many other publications, Lucire sends updates to Facebook, Twitter and Mastodon. Occasionally we’ll Instagram an image to a story. However, we’ve had reservations about social media, especially Facebook, for over a decade. In November 2010, we wrote on our Facebook page, ‘We have stopped the automated importing of notes to this Facebook page. […]
