Links tagged with “socialmedia”
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Welcome to hell, Elon - The Verge
“The essential truth of every social network is that the product is content moderation, and everyone hates the people who decide how content moderation works.”
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the sun is going down and you’re getting cold - Garbage Day
“Things that make sense on the internet, when spoken out loud, slip away from you as if you were trying to recall a dream.” So good, on social media and the US Capitol riot.
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Flamethrowers and Fire Extinguishers – a review of “The Social Dilemma” – LibrarianShipwreck
I haven’t watched the programme but I enjoyed this very critical review of it. (via Dan Hon)
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Your Attention is Sovereign by Jay Springett (PDF)
“The Loop”, “evaporative cooling”, “the Dark Forest internet”, “Waldenponding”, “The Isles of Blogging”. Good. (via Warren Ellis Ltd)
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How to treat Morrissey? Stop listening to him | Stewart Lee | Opinion | The Guardian
Good generally, but particularly for the stock of rock analogy.
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You don’t have to live in public
Lots of good advice about working (as opposed to living) in public online.
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A Small Dark Detour
On the people who posted negative commentd about Jason Scott’s manual-saving effort. I’m increasingly thinking the net turns too many people into the kind of heckler who thinks they’re “helping” the performer.
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Social Change - BKM TECH
About which services the Brooklyn Museum is going to stop using (incuding Flickr and iTunes U) due to decreasing engagement with users. I like the explicitness of this. Stop it if it’s not working. (via @thisisaaronland)
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Obama London: Inexplicable Edits on Sarah Palin’s Facebook Page
It’s fascinating how quickly Palin’s team remove comments (and fair enough; it’s their page). It’s annoying how many people shout that this is “censorship”, as if they wouldn’t do the same if the tables were turned.
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Social Media Icons — Paul Robert Lloyd
Handy sometime I expect. Standardised icons for services, in four sizes.
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The Twitter Phil Gyford Daily (Paper.li)
Paper.li is very interesting but… suffers from every problem I wrote about re finishability, readability, friction… I don’t want to read any of it. It also obscures the context (the tweets).
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Doonesbury@Slate - Daily Dose - 8 November 2009
“Dad, you make it sound like social media is ruining my life! It’s NOT!”