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Q&A: What exactly does it mean to be ‘shadow banned’ on Twitter?

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Question from Estelle:  I have a question for you, Rick. I keep hearing about people having their Twitter accounts “shadow banned”.

I don’t know exactly what that means but I’m wondering if maybe my account has been shadow banned.

I used to receive dozens of new followers every day but I’ve only received three over the past two weeks. And hardly anyone likes or re-tweets my tweets anymore. They used to do it all the time.

Can you tell me exactly what shadow banning is? And how can I tell for sure if my account is shadow banned?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

Q&A: Can you recommend a good image editor to use with my Chromebook?

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pixlr-logoQuestion from Cathy H.:  My laptop died a few months ago and I decided to give a Chromebook a try. I ended up purchasing an Acer Chromebook and I really like it.

I’m having trouble with one issue however. It didn’t come with an image editor and I have a bunch of family pictures that I need to work on. Can you recommend a good image editor (hopefully free) that will work with my Chromebook?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Scam alert: Scammers are impersonating Microsoft techs and tricking people into giving them remote access to their PCs. Don’t fall for it!

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There’s an old scam that keeps popping up from time to time, and I’m hearing lots of reports that it’s spreading like wildfire at the moment.

A while back I wrote a post explaining that neither Microsoft nor Apple will call you to let you know that your machine has a virus.

And they won’t, so if you get a call like that from out of the blue you should know right off the bat that the call is a scam. Just hang up on them.

But now there’s a quickly spreading variation of that scam that’s costing a lot of folks a lot of money and causing tons of grief to boot.

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Q&A: How do I remove the login password from my Windows 10 PC?

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Question from Joyce:  I recently bought a new computer with Windows 10 on it to replace my old Windows 7 laptop now that it’s no longer safe to use.

Thanks for the info you provided on that by the way.

My niece helped me set the new machine up while she was in for the holidays but now she’s gone back and she isn’t here to help me.

What I’m wanting to do is remove the login password that she put on it because I live alone and no one else has access to the computer.

Can you tell me how to remove that password? It’s a hassle having to enter it every time I turn the machine on.

Rick’s answer:  [Read more…]

How to select multiple items with just two mouse clicks

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computer-mouseYou probably already know that holding down the Ctrl key while selecting items with your mouse allows you to select another item, and then another, and then another, and so on.

The thing is, if you have a lot of items to select it can get a bit tedious and boring by the time the task is finished.

But did you know there’s a super-easy way to select multiple consecutive items with just two mouse clicks? Here’s how:  [Read more…]

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