International Fact-Checking Day
Is today, which reminds me to say:
Always check what you read
On each media feed,
Cuz false info is rampant. Oy Vey!
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Happy “International Fact-Checking Day”
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024Tags: April Holidays, Disinformation, Facebook, Fact-Checking Day, Fake News, International Fact-Checking Day, Misinformation, Odd Holidays, Social Media, Twitter, X
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The Skeptical Troll (Limerick)
Friday, January 13th, 2023A skeptical troll who delights
In arguing, often starts fights
On both Facebook and Twitter.
Ignore all his litter.
He gets bitter when nobody bites.
*****
International Skeptics Day is celebrated each year on the first Friday The 13th of the Year.
Tags: Facebook, Friday The 13th, International Skeptics Day, Internet Trolls, Odd Holidays, Skeptics Day, Skeptics Humor, Social Media, Troll Humor, Trolls, Twitter Humor
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Limerick Ode To Elon “I Love Free Speech” Musk
Friday, December 16th, 2022Musk famously praises free speech.
Yet he’s guilty of breach after breach,
Like his journo suspensions
For negative mentions.
Time to practice, dear Musk, what you preach!
Tags: Elon Musk, Elon Musk Humor, Musk, Social Media, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Tweet Humor, Twitter, Twitter Humor, Twitter Limerick, Twitter Verse
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Limerick Ode To Mastodon (or whatever I’m supposed to call it)
Friday, November 18th, 2022I am just getting used to this place,
And it seems like a welcoming space.
Though I feel like a pup,
I am glad I signed up.
Can I ace it? I’d settle for grace.
Tags: Mastodon Humor, Mastodon Limerick, Social Media, Social Media Humor, Social Media Limerick, Social Media Poetry
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Mad About Mastodon (Limerick)
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022Twitter appears to be on the verge of collapse. And the most suitable replacement is Mastodon, which I joined a week ago.
I’m still getting to know the neighborhood, but so far, so good. (Right now I’m still on Twitter and toggling between the two social media sites.) Here’s where to find me on Mastodon.
And now, the requisite limerick:
I am NOT quitting Twitter, just yet,
But as owners go, Musk is all wet:
He’s destroying the place!
Should we join (just in case)
A Mastodon server? You bet!
Tags: Mastodon, Social Media, Twitter
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Limerick Ode To Elon Musk (2-Verse)
Monday, November 7th, 2022Dear Elon, I’m very impressed!
As blunders go, yours are the best!
I’d assumed you were smart,
But you’ve mastered the art
Of destroying your pricey, new nest.
Primo content providers are pissed.
Key staff has been rashly dismissed.
Twitter ad-buyers flee,
While ignoring your plea.
Your mistakes are too many to list!
Tags: Elon Musk, Elon Musk Humor, Media Humor, Social Media, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Tweet Humor, Twitter, Twitter Humor, Twitter Verse
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Facebook Outage Panic (Limerick)
Monday, November 12th, 2018When Facebook is down, people panic
And often become rather manic.
Some report it to Twitter,
Whose regulars titter
At our Facebook addiction Satanic.
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Facebook Outage, Facebook Outage Humor, FacebookDown, Social Media, Social Media Humor, Social Media Limerick
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Fitting A Limerick On Twitter Ain’t Easy!
Sunday, April 9th, 2017Oy! The contortions I had to go through to fit a meta-limerick about NPR’s poetry-tweet contest into a tweet!
I HATE the 140-character (including hashtag) limit! GRRR!
This limerick looked perfectly normal before I was forced to alter it to fit into a tweet: (It even had proper punctuation, spelling, and spacing.)
I’ve poetry news:Tweet ur verse
4 NPR glory;No purse
So dont curse.Just compoz
Ur poems,not proz
&remember that TwitterMeansTERSE
#NPRPoetry
Tags: Limericks, NPR, NPRPoetry, Poetry Contest, Poetry Month, Social Media, Tweets, Twitter
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My Modest Twitter Proposal
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016There’s scuttlebutt afoot that Twitter’s 140 character limit may soon be improved, ever so slightly. The idea, apparently, isn’t to up the limit, but to stop counting link and photo characters in calculating usage.
I look forward to that rumored improvement. But in the meantime, here’s my modest proposal:
How ’bout this for a Tweet-poet’s aid:
When you write something short, why not trade
Unused character credits
Or save them, I’ll bet it’s
A hit when o’er limits you’ve strayed.
For example, you’ve written haiku
And you’ve room for more words — just a few.
That space you’ve not used
Could be stored and then fused
On a tweet with a limerick spew.
Tags: Social Media, Social Media Poetry, Twitter Humor, Twitter Verse
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My Reaction to Facebook’s Upcoming “Reaction” Buttons (Limerick)
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016Dear Facebook, your “like” button’s fine.
Add a “dislike” to “like?” I won’t whine.
But your plan for Reactions—
Six button distractions–
Makes me certain the “sad” one will shine.
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Improvements, Facebook Limerick, Facebook Reactions, Like Button, Reactions, Social Media, Social Media Poetry
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Few Seem To Heart Twitter’s New Hearts (Limerick)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015When I signed onto Twitter today,
I found to my shock and dismay
That favs are now hearts.
Hence poisonous darts
Are turning its management gray.
Tags: Social Media, Social Media Poetry, Twitter
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Is Facebook Messing With Me? (Limerick)
Monday, October 5th, 2015Dear Facebook, I’m tired of clicking
On comments friends post, that ain’t sticking.
Fix your database please;
Stop your comment-list “tease.”
Piss off users? Your stats take a licking.
Tags: Facebook Humor, Social Media, Social Media Poetry
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What I Do When Facebook Is Down (Limerick)
Monday, September 28th, 2015During Facebook’s outage today, I was reduced to posting this limerick on Twitter:
#Facebookdown so I’ve come here 2 Tweet
& nobody takes a backseat
2 my posting addiction,
A dreadful affliction.
My FB surrender’s complete.
(“2” instead of “to,” “FB” instead of “Facebook,” and “&” instead of “and” all done in order to comply with Twitter’s 140-character limit.)
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media, Social Media Poetry, Twitter Humor, Twitter Verse
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Blockheads On The Block (Limerick)
Monday, June 8th, 2015A Facebooker constantly “yelled.”
No grievance he held could be quelled.
He’d gripe and he’d boast
On each post — now he’s toast;
From most friendships that fellow’s expelled.
Tags: Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media, Social Media Poetry
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Tweet Marvels (Limerick)
Friday, December 19th, 2014Tweet Marvels (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I marvel @ poets who fit
A lim’rick on tweets. It takes grit
& patience & toil
2 manage 2 boil
Lim’ricks down so u read what I’ve writ.
Note: The 140 character per tweet limit on Twitter is a tough taskmaster; It was all I could do to fit the five lines in a tweet, even after changing “@” to “at,” “and” to “&,” “to” to “2,” and “you” to “u.”
And even then, there was no room for my title, byline, post URL, or this hashtagged indication of what prompt inspired me: #5prompt (marvel.)
Tags: Limericks, Social Media, Tweet Humor, Tweets, Twitter, Twitter Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
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