The Guardian view on Facebook and democracy: real and present danger https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/05/the-guardian-view-on-facebook-and-democracy-real-and-present-danger
RT @philmop@twitter.com
"As we increasingly place our faith in big data to solve major problems, the biggest question we face is not what we can do with it, but rather what we are willing to do."
https://bit.ly/2BYUB98
by Stephanie Hankey @Info_Activism@twitter.com via @ProSyn@twitter.com
The pluralverse we live in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1geJGnzJ87Q
Collapse of context and content. How your identity consolidates to one persona in a single network when we are used to modulating ourselves to participate in different groups. How this empowers the #Algorithm designers to control what we see and follow we think.
http://www.roughtype.com/?p=8724
A note on the cognitive dissonance among #Facebook's leaders and the harm caused by their decisions.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/01/facebook-hate-speech-policy-advertising
Here's a summary of pitfalls and guidance in organizing online communities.
https://www.gwern.net/docs/technology/2005-shirky-agroupisitsownworstenemy.pdf
Overview of how #Mastadon works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S57uhCQBEk0
The ActivityPub protocol is a W3 protocol providing the foundation for the "fediverse", supporting apps like Mastadon. https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
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