Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product strategy at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
Social Platform Trust & Safety
need better ‘trust’ systems to prevent things like this
While Americans in polls report historically low levels of trust in the media, it could be in large part because much of the press hasn’t been speaking to the concerns of their everyday lives. It would mean incorporating the knowledge and skills of reporters like Heather Bryant, who grew up in rural Missouri, where her lower-income family would buy... See more
America Needs a Working-ClassMedia
The core conceptual questions at the heart of my work are: “How do we equip people to become architects of their own future? How do people do that individually? And then how do people come together to forge a common life in which we can all realize a shared vision of the world that we want?” That's what drew me into studying politics: it’s the... See more
Apologies and Copywriting
Max Weber introduced a three-fold typology of legitimacy, the sentiments that get people to acquiesce to authority, especially regarding rules or commands they may dislike or disagree with.[viii] For most of human history, the most common kinds of authority have been traditional or charismatic. Traditional authority appeals to the “eternal... See more
Ari Schulman • Why Speech Platforms Can Never Escape Politics | National Affairs
Social Platform Trust & Safety and Future of Trust
3 ways that rules have “legitimacy” - Traditional authority, charismatic authority, and legal validity / objective rationality
“When you look at the history of the internet,” says Jeremy Morris, associate professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, “a lot of the early spaces for communities also became places where people would either trade or barter.”
Mia Sato • Teens are hacking Instagram into a modern-day eBay
Social Platform Trust & Safety
from the chat app Quiet (https://tryquiet.org/) - good example of a “threat model” for a communications/social platform
Surprisingly Happy to Have Helped: Underestimating Prosociality Creates a Misplaced Barrier to Asking for Help
Research shows people often underestimate others' willingness to help and the positive feelings helpers experience, leading to reluctance in asking for assistance, which limits opportunities for mutual well-being.
xuan-zhao.comwe/people underestimate how much other people want to help us
I think a lot about the way visibility is mediated by digital communication. On apps, the only way to be seen is to speak. Silence is a meaningful form of communication, but it’s not one that social media apps have any patience for