The World Saved by Youngsters

• Mark Sweney, Facebook is being eclipsed by its youthful rival Snapchat, The Guardian, August 27, 2018

Numbers & Colours

CNR (National Research Council) and PoliCom did an exclusive research study for la Repubblica on the Twitter data of several political leaders, finding out that the number of their followers is dramatically overrated, in the proportion of 1 to 8. I don’t think it is a novelty, but rather a confirmation of something that was well known to everyone. As for me, I have to say I am not a leader nor a political theorist, so it’s beautiful not to have a “social target” to reach. Indeed, I have only two or three readers each day, who not necessarily are followers of mine. I’ve always thought that classifying a reader as “detractor” or “fan” is a most sad thing, so my two or three readers can be sure I won’t ever call them followers for watching things I do not always like.

A sand dune in the 腾格里沙漠 (Tengger desert), China. Photo: Jonathan Watts.

Spectacles

• Alex Hern, Spectacles review: a great addition for a Snapchat fanatic, The Guardian, June 22, 2017

The oddest piece of tech hardware ever? Snapchat’s Spectacles. Photo: Rex/Shutterstock.

JUMP

Fort Point National Historic Site, San Francisco, United States. JUMP. Photo: Life on Instagram/@dianewithonen.

The Words I Didn’t Say To You

孔子的作品
(A script by Confucius)

QQ

On the evening of October 24, 2011 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), the youngest Women’s World Chess Champion ever, sat down in the Chinese Chess Academy at 北京 (Běijīng) for a one-hour Q&A with the netizens on 微博 (Wēibó). Photos: sports.qq.com.