**flashback to 2005, Malaysia** When I was in my early teens, my mom would yell (yes, yell!) at me for spending too much time on the computer. Specifically, MSN Messenger. So I would turn off the computer to avoid her from further yelling at me, go down to the living room and join her to watch some TV shows. I just thought…
Gathering accounts When I was younger, there was a strict ‘no Social Media’-rule in my household. “Get away from that stupid computer, go outside!”, my mother would say. After years of begging, complaining and guilt-tripping, I was finally allowed to have a Hyves-profile. This is a Dutch platform that basically works like Facebook or Twitter, just without feeds. You can chat, visit…