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Swings and Roundabouts: social media

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This morning, late as usual to the social media scene, I finally cottoned on to something that was a Twittering: storm in a T-witter cup . Elon Musk -- somehow he is "Elon Musk", not "Mr Musk, or just "Elon" -- has apparently restricted the number of daily Twitter posts that us lesser mortals are allowed to read. The numbers 500 and 600 had been bandied about. But a helpful (?) page here . Following my recent post on how social media, professional SEO and content writers are driving me, a hobbyist seller, out of business simply because I cannot afford to pay to be "found", I wonder if this could be "good news" to some. The jury is still out. I am merely hoping for the best (ie my best). This brings me back to my academic muse Henri Lefebvre and his exposition on " rhythmanalysis ". We carry on as if life is normal; we do not note the ticking of our heart, for example, until something goes wrong.  Isorhythmia (harmony) gives way to