#flipphones — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #flipphones, aggregated by home.social.
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Dumb Co dared me to trade my iPhone for a hacked flip phone
When Lydia Peabody saw her friend pull out a flip phone at a party last year, she burst…
#NewsBeep #News #Technology #CA #Canada #dumbphone #flipphones
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Dumb Co dared me to trade my iPhone for a hacked flip phone
When Lydia Peabody saw her friend pull out a flip phone at a party last year, she burst…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Technology #dumbphone #flipphones
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Dumb Co dared me to trade my iPhone for a hacked flip phone
When Lydia Peabody saw her friend pull out a flip phone at a party last year, she burst…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Technology #dumbphone #flipphones
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/578945/ Dumb Co dared me to trade my iPhone for a hacked flip phone #DumbPhone #Éire #FlipPhones #IE #Ireland #Technology
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Geen idee of dit een hebbe dingetje is voor de Gadets lovers , wel leuk dat Commodore iets fabriceert, en prijzig #Commodore #flipphones
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📅 A riveting #saga of the #LD_DEBUG environment variable, last updated in an era when flip phones were cool and #MySpace was relevant. 🕰️ Marvel at the thrilling #mystery of misbehaving libraries as hapless #developers try to wrestle their way out of dependency hell—nine years later, the saga continues with updates for days! 🙄
https://bnikolic.co.uk/blog/linux-ld-debug.html #flipphones #dependencyhell #HackerNews #ngated -
📅 A riveting #saga of the #LD_DEBUG environment variable, last updated in an era when flip phones were cool and #MySpace was relevant. 🕰️ Marvel at the thrilling #mystery of misbehaving libraries as hapless #developers try to wrestle their way out of dependency hell—nine years later, the saga continues with updates for days! 🙄
https://bnikolic.co.uk/blog/linux-ld-debug.html #flipphones #dependencyhell #HackerNews #ngated -
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/may/28/dumb-flip-phone
>>... he sucked up the last of his horchata and meditated on smartphone supremacy. “I sincerely believe everyone knows deep down that this is not the way to spend their one human consciousness,” he said. <<
I might be able to hold out against smartphone tyranny for longer if I can work out a way to get my old, held together with duct tape Nokia to function with Uber.
Image: Guardian Design/Getty Images
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/may/28/dumb-flip-phone
>>... he sucked up the last of his horchata and meditated on smartphone supremacy. “I sincerely believe everyone knows deep down that this is not the way to spend their one human consciousness,” he said. <<
I might be able to hold out against smartphone tyranny for longer if I can work out a way to get my old, held together with duct tape Nokia to function with Uber.
Image: Guardian Design/Getty Images
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With the end of 3G, Japan’s beloved flip phones go dark
Drained by hyperconnectivity, hipsters around the world are trading in their smartphones for dumb ones. Meanwhile, a class of users in Japan is coming fully online for the first time. This week, NTT Docomo will end its 3G data service — and along with it access to the feature-packed flip phones th…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #flipphones #garake #news #phones
https://www.alojapan.com/1469175/with-the-end-of-3g-japans-beloved-flip-phones-go-dark/ -
https://www.alojapan.com/1469175/with-the-end-of-3g-japans-beloved-flip-phones-go-dark/ With the end of 3G, Japan’s beloved flip phones go dark #FlipPhones #garake #Japan #JapanNews #news #phones Drained by hyperconnectivity, hipsters around the world are trading in their smartphones for dumb ones. Meanwhile, a class of users in Japan is coming fully online for the first time. This week, NTT Docomo will end its 3G data service — and along with it access to the feature-packed flip phones the company once pioneered.
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In 2001, NTT Docomo was the first in the world to offer 3G. On March 31, the carrier cuts off the signal to 500,000 users — the last of their kind in Japan — for good. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/03/28/lifestyle/3g-service-end-march-flip-phones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #phones #flipphones #garake
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In 2001, NTT Docomo was the first in the world to offer 3G. On March 31, the carrier cuts off the signal to 500,000 users — the last of their kind in Japan — for good. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/03/28/lifestyle/3g-service-end-march-flip-phones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #phones #flipphones #garake
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TIL that the #Taxis app on #KaiOS (the #dumbPhone #OS) does #Uber rides
This means, #flipPhones can get Uber rides.
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TIL that the #Taxis app on #KaiOS (the #dumbPhone #OS) does #Uber rides
This means, #flipPhones can get Uber rides.
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🚀 Wow, an "awesome" list of #J2ME resources! Because obviously, in 2023, everyone is just itching to develop for a platform that peaked when flip phones were still cool. 📟 Clearly, the future is in retro tech, because who doesn't love a good #challenge against modern convenience? 😂
https://github.com/hstsethi/awesome-j2me #RetroTech #AwesomeResources #FlipPhones #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Wow, an "awesome" list of #J2ME resources! Because obviously, in 2023, everyone is just itching to develop for a platform that peaked when flip phones were still cool. 📟 Clearly, the future is in retro tech, because who doesn't love a good #challenge against modern convenience? 😂
https://github.com/hstsethi/awesome-j2me #RetroTech #AwesomeResources #FlipPhones #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Wow, an "awesome" list of #J2ME resources! Because obviously, in 2023, everyone is just itching to develop for a platform that peaked when flip phones were still cool. 📟 Clearly, the future is in retro tech, because who doesn't love a good #challenge against modern convenience? 😂
https://github.com/hstsethi/awesome-j2me #RetroTech #AwesomeResources #FlipPhones #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Wow, an "awesome" list of #J2ME resources! Because obviously, in 2023, everyone is just itching to develop for a platform that peaked when flip phones were still cool. 📟 Clearly, the future is in retro tech, because who doesn't love a good #challenge against modern convenience? 😂
https://github.com/hstsethi/awesome-j2me #RetroTech #AwesomeResources #FlipPhones #HackerNews #ngated -
Who uses foldable flip phones? I loved my Samsung zFlip4 and zFlip5, but on both of them the screen broke :squirrelsad: . I'm not married to Samsung as a brand. I just want fhe small form factor that easily fits into purse and reminds me of my GBA SP. :ivy:
Is Motorola Razer better?
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Girls² / LET ME DANCE
https://youtu.be/cR44asHrlqw?si=KtXRk7UE7qjBwVjpWatching a stage of "Let me dance" sent me back to the MV which came out about a week ago.
It's not bad but not brilliant. Nevertheless, this lo-tech jpopfringenibbler is quite partial to Girls² and is pleased to see so much flip phone love in the MV.
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Girls² / LET ME DANCE
https://youtu.be/cR44asHrlqw?si=KtXRk7UE7qjBwVjpWatching a stage of "Let me dance" sent me back to the MV which came out about a week ago.
It's not bad but not brilliant. Nevertheless, this lo-tech jpopfringenibbler is quite partial to Girls² and is pleased to see so much flip phone love in the MV.
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🚀 Ah yes, let's sprinkle some XSLT 3.0 on the web platform because nothing screams #innovation like a technology last updated when flip phones were cutting-edge. 😏 Surely GitHub's #AI can transform this relic into the pinnacle of modern web development. 🤖🎉
https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578 #XSLT3 #webdevelopment #GitHub #flipphones #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Ah yes, let's sprinkle some XSLT 3.0 on the web platform because nothing screams #innovation like a technology last updated when flip phones were cutting-edge. 😏 Surely GitHub's #AI can transform this relic into the pinnacle of modern web development. 🤖🎉
https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578 #XSLT3 #webdevelopment #GitHub #flipphones #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Ah yes, let's sprinkle some XSLT 3.0 on the web platform because nothing screams #innovation like a technology last updated when flip phones were cutting-edge. 😏 Surely GitHub's #AI can transform this relic into the pinnacle of modern web development. 🤖🎉
https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578 #XSLT3 #webdevelopment #GitHub #flipphones #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Ah yes, let's sprinkle some XSLT 3.0 on the web platform because nothing screams #innovation like a technology last updated when flip phones were cutting-edge. 😏 Surely GitHub's #AI can transform this relic into the pinnacle of modern web development. 🤖🎉
https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578 #XSLT3 #webdevelopment #GitHub #flipphones #HackerNews #ngated -
I am always glad to see a famous face flip phoning!
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I am always glad to see a famous face flip phoning!
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I don't resent people getting new phones, and I am sure that sooner or later I will have to get a smartphone myself, but I am determined to stick with my Nokia 2760 for as long as possible.
#Phones #Telephones #MobilePhones #CellularPhones #SmartPhones #FlipPhones #Nokia #LoTech #Telephony
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I don't resent people getting new phones, and I am sure that sooner or later I will have to get a smartphone myself, but I am determined to stick with my Nokia 2760 for as long as possible.
#Phones #Telephones #MobilePhones #CellularPhones #SmartPhones #FlipPhones #Nokia #LoTech #Telephony
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Samsung launches Galaxy Z Flip7 with a bigger cover screen along with cheaper Galaxy Z Flip7 FE
Samsung is expanding its Galaxy Z Flip line of phones with foldable screens with two new models launching this month.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 is a new premium model with a larger cover display and faster processor than the previous-gen Flip6. And the company is also introducing its first FE (Fan Edition) model with a lower price tag. But the new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 FE doesn’t seem […]
#flipPhone #flipPhones #foldables #samsung #samsungGalaxyZFlip7 #samsungGalaxyZFlip7Fe #smartphones
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🚀 Oh joy, because what the world really needs is to revive ancient flip phone typing on #Linux. 🤦♂️ FoxMosslibt9 is here to help you relive those glory days of T9, because who doesn't love torturing their thumbs in 2023? 🦖
https://github.com/FoxMoss/libt9 #flipphones #nostalgia #T9typing #techhumor #retro #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Oh joy, because what the world really needs is to revive ancient flip phone typing on #Linux. 🤦♂️ FoxMosslibt9 is here to help you relive those glory days of T9, because who doesn't love torturing their thumbs in 2023? 🦖
https://github.com/FoxMoss/libt9 #flipphones #nostalgia #T9typing #techhumor #retro #HackerNews #ngated -
"It’s really important for a kid to be left alone"- When #TaikaWaititi made his feelings clear about the role of tech in children's lives
By Sourav Chakraborty
Modified May 03, 2025 04:54 GMT" 'Exactly, now they’ve all got iPads and it’s done for them! I think it’s really important for a kid to be left alone and left to figure it out for themselves how to pass the time. As a kid, I spent so much time bored and coming up with ideas of how to do things, so I’d write stories or I’d draw pictures or invent worlds through drawing or just in my head, just thinking about things. I think that a lot of my creativity has really come from being bored.' " [SO TRUE!!!]
#SmartphoneAddiction #TechIsDumbingUsDown #NoAI #Imagination #LudditeClub #NeoLuddites #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #Smartphones #TechAddiction #TurnOffYourPhone #BePresent #ThinkForYourself #ResistTheMachine #NoSmartphonesForKids #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime
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"It’s really important for a kid to be left alone"- When #TaikaWaititi made his feelings clear about the role of tech in children's lives
By Sourav Chakraborty
Modified May 03, 2025 04:54 GMT" 'Exactly, now they’ve all got iPads and it’s done for them! I think it’s really important for a kid to be left alone and left to figure it out for themselves how to pass the time. As a kid, I spent so much time bored and coming up with ideas of how to do things, so I’d write stories or I’d draw pictures or invent worlds through drawing or just in my head, just thinking about things. I think that a lot of my creativity has really come from being bored.' " [SO TRUE!!!]
#SmartphoneAddiction #TechIsDumbingUsDown #NoAI #Imagination #LudditeClub #NeoLuddites #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #Smartphones #TechAddiction #TurnOffYourPhone #BePresent #ThinkForYourself #ResistTheMachine #NoSmartphonesForKids #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime
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Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York."But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine."They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine -
CBS News: We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here’s what happened.. “Ben said he used to average up to five hours of screen time per day. Once he switched to a flip phone, it went down to about 30 minutes. So, CBS News asked four of Ben’s friends, Carson, Ranita, Jamison and Maya — all 8th graders in New Jersey — to try flip phones for a week. Maya said her […]
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CBS News: We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here’s what happened.. “Ben said he used to average up to five hours of screen time per day. Once he switched to a flip phone, it went down to about 30 minutes. So, CBS News asked four of Ben’s friends, Carson, Ranita, Jamison and Maya — all 8th graders in New Jersey — to try flip phones for a week. Maya said her […]
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I Traded My Smartphone For A Flip Phone For Digital Detox | HuffPost HuffPost Personal
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I Traded My Smartphone For A Flip Phone For Digital Detox | HuffPost HuffPost Personal
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Reverting Technology in Schools
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Sometimes, boring prevails over fun. That’s the general theme of Allison Johnson’s review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, the company’s newest clamshell-style foldable phone. Read why reliability wins out at The Verge: https://flip.it/oPrrAK
#Tech #Technology #Samsung #Phone #FlipPhones #MobileFollow @theverge for more tech news.
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Sometimes, boring prevails over fun. That’s the general theme of Allison Johnson’s review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, the company’s newest clamshell-style foldable phone. Read why reliability wins out at The Verge: https://flip.it/oPrrAK
#Tech #Technology #Samsung #Phone #FlipPhones #MobileFollow @theverge for more tech news.
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I use to be a huge fan of the Mr Mobile YouTube channel. Yet as the years go on I feel he looses even more touch with the average consumer and in some regards reality. No one should be recommending smart flip phones to the general public. Yes they’re fun to look at. But unless you can afford to buy one every year they are a bad choice.
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MediaTek Dimensity 7300 and 7300X chips are 4nm processors with 4 Cortex-A78 cores, 4 Cortex-A55 cores, Mali-G615 graphics, WiFi 6E, and up to 200MP camera support. The 7300X is also optimized for dual-screen flip phones. https://buff.ly/4bwCuTT #MediaTek #Dimensity7300 #Dimensity7300X #chips #FlipPhones #Foldables