dreaming of a better internet
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dreaming of a better internet
Realistically, though, I won’t quit Twitter until it shuts down completely. It’s habit. It’s sense memory. It’s compulsion
Embedded • My Internet: Kaitlyn Tiffany
As with Trump’s shock jock politics, it’s up to us not to take the bait. We do not have to publicly denounce every incendiary ad, particularly when it comes from an anonymous poster or tiny seed startup. Instead of quote-tweeting, you can mute and ignore. Often, dis- engagement is the best way to waste the master-baiters’ time and money.
don't take the bait
disengagement is the best way to waste the master baiters time and money
when a website, especially one that invites mass participation, goes offline or executes a huge dump of its data and resources, it’s as if a smallish Library of Alexandria has been burned to the ground. Except unlike the burning of such a library, when a website folds, the ensuing commentary from tech blogs asks only why the company folded, or why... See more
Kate Wagner • 404 Page Not Found | Kate Wagner
I am so, deeply, truly uninterested in reaction (which is why I don’t read the comments on my public Instagram account). But I am so curious about response: the mysterious sacred moments when we are compelled into action (often unwitnessed by others) or invited into new ways of thinking.
It’s the difference between seeing a painting through a... See more
It’s the difference between seeing a painting through a... See more
Mari Andrew • A Life Without Instagram
New Creative Era
newcreativeera.com
i love this from the metalabel team so much.
via Kyle Chayka
We want to create a space which is much more creatively charged. We want Tumblr to be like going to a music show or a museum. You’re going to see some stuff that you haven’t seen before, you’re going to discover new stuff, and you’re also going to leave creatively charged. That’s not a mindset which is as conducive to advertising, but I do think
... See moreMatt Mullenweg • How to buy a social network, with Tumblr CEO Matt Mullenweg
the new digital city, if we are to have one, will need to be carefully designed. properly, and for scale. and with designs that fix the mistakes of previous cities and past bad designs. all the harmful things should be accounted for in digital cities
we are re-creating life here
eugene, season 2 (work in progress)twitter.com