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All about social networks
On top of this, much of the digital regulatory work of the past two decades has used an unhelpful consumer goods framing. Thinking in terms of consumer goods limits the space of interventions: you will mostly consider safety concerns. But regulating structural power needs itself to be much more about creating the kind of structure that supports an... See more
Robin Berjon • Digital Sovereignty
This is not to just be a “things were better in the old days” rant. But I do think in the era of growth teams running wild with machine learning algorithms, we accelerated distribution incentives to drive engagement before we really knew what incentives were being created in the internet economy. And now the larger social networks are grappling... See more
Eugene Wei • The Kids are Alright: An Interview with Eugene Wei and Julie Young (Gift Culture, Part 4)
The "product" of any online social space is the content & the interactions with other people there, all of which is shaped by the UX of the software underlying it and the decisions of the “stewards” at the helm.
Infrastructural goods are strategic because of the manner in which these three properties interact. Without monopolistic tendencies, the market could correct with competition. Without the variety in downstream uses, the power of infrastructure would be narrow (and users in a narrow domain can more easily coordinate countervailing power). And... See more
Robin Berjon • Digital Sovereignty
The ideal user experience for a network-based product is often a moving target, based on the density of the network.
If your app’s value improves with each additional user (e.g., from more content or more users interacting with you), then you should likely sacrifice the user experience until the network value reaches... See more
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