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Ken Pierce Media Publishes 6000th WordPress Post

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Greetings my loyal readers and those who’ve just chanced upon the page from Google or another social media account. We always love your presence here on the world of Ken Pierce Media and I am pausing from the regular posting regimen to share that we have just hit another pretty awesome milestone. Earlier this year, the KPM outlet celebrated its third online anniversary and I discussed that in a post that you can examine by clicking HERE but with that news being in the rear view mirror for a few months now, its time to let you know what is so awesome. Yesterday, Ken Pierce Media published its 6000th post in WordPress.

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Ken Pierce Media Posts 400th Clip on TikTok

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Greetings my dear readers of the Ken Pierce Media website. I’m pausing the regular flow of content with another one of those editorial pieces that I’ve been doing whenever the Official TikTok for KPM reaches another increment of “50” video clips. Truth be told this one came up faster than I even thought it would but when you have major events like the returning Toy Fair and the New York Comic Con happening back to back you tend to jump up in the number of posts. Some might remember my saying that while having this account for a couple of years that we didn’t really use it at all until the NYCC for 2022 and its been steady as she goes since then. So here we are at TikTok clip #400 and lo and behold its from another convention that we would be attending as a member of the press. I didn’t know how I wanted to start doing videos at this one so ended up deciding on right near a photo op after claiming the cool press badge. This is a really awesome convention for those deeply into Anime, Manga and assorted Japanese culture and I was happy to be back for another year of coverage. Historically speaking, I have been part of the media covering this happening since it first began in 2017. Here now is our 400th TikTok Clip.


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Tumblr To Be Downscaled Based on Lack Of Network Growth

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It was just the other day when the folks over at The Verge shared a leaked memo from Automattic’s main man Matt Mullenweg under the subject “You Win or You Learn” and this memo was addressing the complications that they’ve encountered in their realm of products as it applies to Tumblr. I’ve shared the memo down below and will add some additional editorial after you’ve read it.

The Leaked Memo:
We are at the point where after 600+ person-years of effort put into Tumblr since the acquisition in 2019, we have not gotten the expected results from our effort, which was to have its revenue and usage above its previous peaks.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Hat tip.
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Celebrating My 16 Year Anniversary Achievement In WordPress

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Before I begin I need to apologize about the lateness in bringing this bit of news to your attention. It wasn’t intentional and as I’ve often mentioned here on the Ken Pierce Media outlet, I love sharing any of the online anniversaries for the websites and even our social media platforms because its a great way to line out what makes this kind of pursuit tick and to celebrate any milestone achievements. Its a lot less self-aggrandizing than it is informational and with that being said onto the news. Back in September I got the notice from the WordPress Administration screen that I had just reached my 16th Anniversary Achievement on the platform. Ordinarily I would rush to share this kind of news but the publishing regimen was a bit chaotic across all brands with some major events being covered and written about along with assorted videos for the family of YouTube Channels. Historically, the delving into WordPress was to have a side blog that was connected to the original version of the PiercingMetal site and while we would call this “PiercingMetal Musings”, it is but a memory at this point in my creative history. Since then the entire original website has been reformatted into WordPress and now it just keeps getting larger in terms of the posts and images I’ve uploaded. Since starting in the HTML Side of publishing, its just amazing to see how much has changed thanks to something like WordPress. Let’s take a look at some standings as far as what the Admin panel of each website tallies up.


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Ken Pierce Media Is Now On Bluesky

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the Internet, a brand-new social media network arrives and must be investigated a little more deeply. Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce you to “Bluesky”, an app that seems to be created as an answer to all of the numerous changes found over on X (formerly known as Twitter). Below is our very first post on this network and sadly you cannot seem to embed it into WordPress like we had done numerous times with specialized Tweets and Instagram posts.


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