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Barton career can be summed up by his mantra “Power to the People”. His companies take power from the incumbents and give it to consumers. Instead of trying to hoard information, they are on the side of consumers and giving them more data transparency.
kwokchain.com • Making Uncommon Knowledge Common
Within that framework of design changes, we're coming to conclusions that those that provide people choice and information and autonomy will be more successful than ones that filter or just work through algorithms or just work on the back end.
Josh Kramer • ⚖️📲 Social media punishment does not need to be a Kafkaesque nightmare
- As education of web 2.0’s shortcomings rises, users will prefer credibly neutral platforms that lack altogether the capacity for arbitrary censorship, undue rent extraction (also in the form of privacy cost), or sudden cessation.
Piers Kicks • Into The Void
For example, if the platform determines that someone loves movies, that person will likely see a lot of movie related content because that’s what captures that person’s attention best. This means platforms can also decide what consumers won’t see, such as problematic or polarizing content.
Michael Mignano • The End of Social Media - Every
D’un côté, les réseaux sociaux réalisent la promesse démocratique selon laquelle chacun peut devenir auteur et participer à l’élaboration d’un sens commun. Mais, de l’autre, l’abolition de la différence entre sphère privée et sphère publique assure une publicité immédiate, sans la vérification d’un travail journalistique, à des convictions intimes,
... See moreMichaël Foessel • Une étrange victoire: L'extrême droite contre la politique (French Edition)
However, you have to decentralize the economy at the same time. Having an American dream is good, but if it's only a dream — people will wake up eventually. You need to give the opportunity to the average person. You have to decentralize your traffic model. Give all users satisfaction in creating content and create a middle class.
Josh Elman • Musical.ly's Alex Zhu on Igniting Viral Growth and Building a User Community | #ProductSF
Some of you might have read my previous article, Against an Increasingly User Hostile Web. In it, I argue that we are replacing an open web that connects and empowers with one that restricts and commoditises people. I talk about how the modern web of surveillance, bloat and walled gardens is at odds with the open web that I love.