A wonderful conversation about how social media works, and the humanity of data. Check it out! "Data is man made. This is something that we need to stress, especially in the age of generative AI. You know, even for a pedestrian who is listening in who may not be very well versed in social media,… Continue reading Professor Crystal Abidin on the Anthropology of Social Media
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Regulate Tech Companies, not Users
Social media companies absolve themselves of responsibility for everything. What if we didn't let them?
Things we can say no to
Banning kids under 16 from social media might make great headlines, and give the government the appearance of doing something meaningful, but it's tokenistic at best, harmful at worst. We could have an internet that doesn't consume us for fun and profit. We're choosing not to.
At the Mercy of the Algorithm
In the recent flurry of political grandstanding about banning social media for children under 16, we seem to be taking for granted the idea that social media has to behave the way it does, be what it is. That these dark and frightening rabbit holes are a necessary part of the social media experience. An unavoidable consequence of the technology.