All about social networks

One option a company with a useful network has (whether it’s an email platform or a social network) is to curate what they feature. They’ve built an asset and that asset goes up in value when it attracts thoughtful users.

The other option is to believe that ‘open’ is the answer, the more open the better. As we learned when we launched Squidoo a

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A thousand-plus years ago our ancestors's need for safety and context sparked the rise of cities, guilds, and universities. Our current needs as internet-liberated individuals are sparking a similar burst of organizational experiments, including the maturation of Reddit boards, Discord channels, WhatsApp and Telegram groups, and newer and... See more

With a few exceptions, by far the most important component of successful speech communities is that its moderators have faces . A core feature of bulletin boards, comment threads on blogs, and publications is that the boundaries of acceptable speech are enforced not by tech executives, the farcical Facebook Supreme Court,[xii] or distant buildings... See more

The key difference is that sequential models maintain a dynamic representation of your current state. As you move through your feed, clicking on posts, subscribing to publications, engaging with notes, the model updates its understanding of where you are. It’s not just updating a long-term profile of your tastes. It’s tracking the momentum and... See more

We can simply define digital sovereignty as the exercise of authority or power over the digital sphere .2

It's important to keep in mind that having authority over a sphere doesn't mean running that sphere with an iron fist. It is typical of democratic systems for instance that whoever has authority will use that authority to keep the system open... See more