TwitterTrolls…

I was so looking forward to scaling back, now that we’re closer to seeing the bushfires totally under control. Less need to help out on Twitter hashtags #bushfires and #vicfires relaying assistive information, like @cfa_updates’ advisories and incidents reports tweets. Most of the regular volunteers on the hashtag stopped last week. Some were still trying [...]

What’s NOT The Focus…

Late this afternoon, a tweet came through on #bushfires mentioning the name of the person arrested for the Churchill fires. That was the one thing I didn’t retweet. There is still a court suppression order on that person’s name. And while I fully understand how Churchill residents feel, I cannot take part in mentioning the [...]

Five Days After Scorched Saturday…

It’s been a long week, and I expect it’s been even longer for the firefighters still working to contain and put out the fires. There’s been some good news after yesterday. Sitepointdotcom eventually heard how we reacted to the unexpected amount of retweets of their own sale/appeal contribution. They graciously helped by recognizing the need [...]