Annalee Newitz (@annaleen.bsky.social)
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Annalee Newitz (@annaleen.bsky.social)
To step into the stream of any social network, to become immersed in the news, reactions, rage and hopes, the marketing and psyops, the funny jokes and clever memes, the earnest requests for mutual aid, for sign ups, for jobs, the clap backs and the call outs, the warnings and invitations—it can feel like a kind of madness. It’s unsettling, in the... See more
Mandy Brown • Coming Home
The true influence of Post Internet People on general internet socialization was both more subtle and more important than simply a shiny new social networking site. By joining the social internet after their parents were already there, they faced an especially dire version of “context collapse.” This is danah boyd’s term for when people from all
... See moreGretchen McCulloch • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
"Context collapse": the issue of not having a platform unique to them (to avoid overlap with parents, coworkers, etc.) While they have always been online, they may or may not have other tech skills.
Weston Public Library • Because Internet
I saw a Linus LTT video about how normies won't use mastodon and thought, that's fine. Most of the places I grew up on using the web weren't used by normies either, and they were great. -@mainframed767@infosec.exchange