Philippine social media commentary is smarter than 20 years ago, and dirtier

Posted by JoeAm on August 14, 2025 · 102 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America When I first came to the Philippines 20 years ago, engaging with others was done on blogging platforms: Riassa Robles, Ellen Tordesillas, Momblogger, Anti-Pinoy, Filipino Voices. They were popular. There was some splintering with Get Real Post and The Society of Honor breaking off from Filipino Voices. Verafiles, the … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Education, Literature, Philippine Politics, Technology/Internet

Imagining the feudal Philippines with an AI architecture

Posted by JoeAm on May 29, 2025 · 68 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America AI is not coming, it’s here, a satanic wind blown in from the east, giving the dumb intelligence, the confused order, and the profitable even more profits. Who needs college when AI can fake your resumé and help you fake skills. Just call me Doctor America who knows as … Continue reading →

Category China, Economy, Education, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

Gospel music, poetry, and computers

Posted by JoeAm on May 26, 2025 · 139 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America What is to become of our souls when AI has dried everything up and rendered our world oddly empty, full of data yet so so dead? Can you imagine? Readers are dying off. Now we have gamers and oglers, people peering into video windows that others open by sensationalizing … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education, Family/Parenting/Children, Humor/Satire, Literature, Religion, Technology/Internet

How does one reach young adults these days?

Posted by JoeAm on May 19, 2025 · 91 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I’d guess most of my thousands of followers on Facebook and X are in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. They are old school readers. I don’t know how to reach young people. My impression is they are into video rather than reading and writing. I ask google and get: … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Culture and Arts, Education, Entertainment, Family/Parenting/Children, Humor/Satire, Literature, Technology/Internet

Is Sara smarter than Yellows, Pinks, and Left put together?

Posted by JoeAm on May 12, 2025 · 79 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Does Sara have campaign infrastructure for the presidency in 2028? Does she have visibility? Financing? Social media program? Policy platform? The answer is yes to each. Do the Yellows, Pinks, and/or Left have a campaign infrastructure? Visibility, none. Financing, none. Social media program, haphazard and voluntary. Policy platform, possibly … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Politics, Technology/Internet