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19 votes
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Opinion: Palmer Luckey was fired from Facebook because of losing the the $500 million IP lawsuit to ZeniMax, not his politics
7 votes -
A simple plan to dissolve Facebook, Google, and Amazon, from the man who coined the term "net neutrality"
30 votes -
Facebook launches Lasso, its music and video TikTok clone
9 votes -
After canceling ‘Rift 2’ overhaul, Oculus plans a modest update to flagship VR headset
10 votes -
The Facebook dilemma, part one
8 votes -
Facebook's "paid for by" disclosure for political ads is easily manipulated and rarely verified
12 votes -
What does the online / social media world look like to you, what would you want?
Some of you may have heard that Google+ will be shutting down in August, 2019. Though much criticised (including by me), the site offered some compelling dynamics, and I've reflected a lot on...
Some of you may have heard that Google+ will be shutting down in August, 2019. Though much criticised (including by me), the site offered some compelling dynamics, and I've reflected a lot on those.
I'm involved in the effort to find new homes for Plussers and Communities, which has become something of an excuse to explore and redefine what "online" and "social" media are ("PlexodusWiki").
Part of this involves some frankly embarrassing attempts to try to define what social media is, and what its properties are (both topics reflected heavily in the recent-changes section of the wiki above).
Tildes is ... among the potential target sites (there are a few Plussers, some of whom I really appreciated knowing and hearing from there), here, though the site dynamics make discovering and following them hard. This site is evolving its own culture and dynamics, parts of which I'm becoming aware of.
I've been online for well over 30 years, and discovered my first online communities via Unix talk, email, FTP, and Usenet, as well as (no kidding) a computerised university library catalogue system. Unsurprisingly: if you provide a way, especially for bright and precocious minds to interact with one another, they will. I've watched several evolutions of Internet and Web, now increasing App-based platforms. There are differences, but also similarities and patterns emerging. Lessons from previous eras of television, radio, telephony, telegraphy, print, writing, oral traditions, and more, can be applied.
I've got far more questions than answers and thought I'd put a few out here:
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What does online or social media mean to you? Is it all user-generated content platforms? Web only? Apps? Email or chat? Wikis? GitHub, GitLab, and StackExchange?
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Is social networking as exemplified by Facebook or Twitter net good or bad? Why? If bad, how might you fix it? Or is it time to simply retreat?
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What properties or characteristics would you use to specify, define, or distinguish social or online media?
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What emergent properties -- site dynamics, if you will -- are positive or negative? What are those based on?
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What are the positive and negative aspects of scale?
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What risks would you consider in self-hosting either your own or a group's online presence?
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What is/was the best online community experience you've had? What characterised it? How did it form? How did it fail (if it did)?
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What elements would comprise your ideal online experience?
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What would you nuke from orbit, after takeoff, just to be sure?
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Are you or your group seeking new options or platforms? What process / considerations do you have?
I could keep going and will regret not adding other questions, but this is a good start. Feel free to suggest other dimensions, though some focus on what I've prompted with would be appreciated.
19 votes -
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Facebook can't find anyone left at Cambridge Analytica
7 votes -
The problem with Facebook and virtual reality
5 votes -
Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia
23 votes -
Facebook is being sued by their advertisers for faking video viewing figures
9 votes -
How Facebook’s Chaotic Push Into Video Cost Hundreds of Journalists Their Jobs
11 votes -
Facebook says it's immune from Washington State law governing election ad transparency
8 votes -
A genocide incited on Facebook, with posts from Myanmar’s military
8 votes -
Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections
10 votes -
Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data From 14 Million People
10 votes -
Facebook Isn’t Sorry — It Just Wants Your Data
15 votes -
DOJ demands Facebook information from 'anti-administration activists'
17 votes -
Instagram is testing the ability to share your precise location history with Facebook
20 votes -
Did Facebook lLearn anything from the Cambridge Analytica debacle? An even bigger data breach suggests it didn’t.
14 votes -
Data Factories
6 votes -
In test case, US fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger (voice) calls
9 votes -
Facebook "View As" security issue affecting 50 million accounts: "attackers exploited" it to "steal Facebook access tokens" and "take over people’s accounts"
21 votes -
'Rank socialism': Facebook removes senator's official page over hate speech
8 votes -
WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton gives the inside story on #DeleteFacebook and why he left $850 million behind
20 votes -
Instagram’s Co-Founders to Step Down From Company
15 votes -
Facebook
7 votes -
The right to bear arms (and say shocking stuff on Facebook)
8 votes -
D.C.-Based Pro-Israel Group Secretly Ran Misleading Facebook Ads to Target Pro-Palestinian Activist
5 votes -
Facebook punishes liberal news site after fact check by right-wing site
10 votes -
Can Mark Zuckerberg fix Facebook before it breaks democracy?
31 votes -
Is This The Beginning Of The End For Facebook?
18 votes -
Ajit Pai does ISPs’ bidding, pushes for tighter rules on Google and Facebook
16 votes -
Can you spot the deceptive Facebook post?
29 votes -
Scaling Mercurial at Facebook (2014)
7 votes -
Facebook has removed all cross-posted tweets
15 votes -
Facebook is being eclipsed by its youthful rival Snapchat
17 votes -
Instagram is testing virtual communities for college students
13 votes -
The impossible job: Inside Facebook’s struggle to moderate two billion people
14 votes -
Facebook will pull its data-collecting VPN app from the App Store over privacy concerns
7 votes -
Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1
25 votes -
Facebook addiction linked to staking your self-worth on social acceptance
12 votes -
Radiolab - Post No Evil
8 votes -
Facebook blunders its way through the world and deals with the consequences later. In Myanmar, that strategy has had deadly consequences.
12 votes -
Facebook bans 196 pages in Brazil, attempting to rein in abuse and disinformation
5 votes -
The Most Powerful Publishers in the World Don’t Give a Damn
21 votes -
Facebook Wanted Gizmodo to Kill Investigative TooL
8 votes -
A generation grows up in China without Facebook, Google, or Twitter
7 votes -
Facebook in talks with banks to add your financial information to Messenger
18 votes