Social Anxiety Chat: What does social anxiety really mean?
Social Anxiety Chat is a new podcast about the complexities of social anxiety. Episode 1 looks at what social anxiety truly means.
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Aunty Social World
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Farewell Twitter: Chatting with ex-Tweeters
From lifeline to lost community: Twitter's evolution to X. Former Tweeters bid their farewells.
Laura
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Laura
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Grave new world: Why we need to look at what social media is doing to us all.
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Laura
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Twitter addiction: An attention fuelled world that destroyed me.
My Twitter addiction began around three years ago. Since then it has destroyed me.
Laura
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Online communities are real: The dangers are real too.
Here we discuss the darker side of Twitter and why, despite the harassment, misogyny and unwanted attention, our online communities survive.
Aunty Social World
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Have you noticed the change? Twitter: The inside stories.
Twitter is changing, and so are its communities. In this series of articles, we talk to those who know the platform best. Its users.
Aunty Social World
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Blue Ticks are gone: The real reason why they're so angry
The Blue Ticks are gone. Twitter's elite are up in arms. But who are they angry at? It's not Elon Musk. It's you.
Laura
Apr 14, 202311 min read
Twitter communities: The inside stories
Twitter and its communities are changing. In this series of blogs, we talk to the people on the inside about what this means to them.
Laura
Mar 18, 202311 min read
From break away to breakdown: A story of post-holiday depression and self-realisation.
We know that being able to go on holiday is a relative privilege, but the aftermath isn’t. Irrespective of the reason, depression is real.
Laura
Feb 24, 20234 min read
Alone online: Seen but not heard.
Social media is a minefield for those of us with disabilities and mental health struggles. Many of us are seen but not heard...
Laura
Jan 29, 20235 min read
Twitter: The social anxiety of engaging.
Social anxiety online is as prevelant as offline. Simply replying to people can be a minefield..
Laura
Jan 10, 20235 min read
Social media: Attention is survival.
Social media. Whether you love it, loathe it or have mixed feelings towards it, we cannot avoid it.
Laura
Nov 18, 20222 min read
Where is Twitter going?
Twitter may be changing but it remains a staple of our lives. It's our identities, communities and sense of belonging in this world.
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