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In a speech delivered years ago, Ev Williams used agriculture as a metaphor to understand what’s possible on the Internet.
Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrialized farms with... See more
Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrialized farms with... See more
Sari Azout • Notes on Scale + Quality
Glenn McDonald,
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Don't miss @eugenewei 's spectacularly wonderful blog post, Status as a Service. I believe this is the new "textbook," perhaps the magnum opus on the subject of social networking. Ignore his teaching at your own peril. https://t.co/cstMGazfp6
Bill Gurleyx.comBut again, this is a problem unique to Western social media design. In conflating the social graph and the interest graph, we've introduced a content matching problem that needn't exist. I don't get upset that my friends don't follow me on TikTok or Reddit or what I think of as purer interest and/or entertainment networks. It's very clear in those... See more
Eugene Wei • And You Will Know Us by the Company We Keep
Through algorithmic digital platforms like Instagram, Yelp, and Foursquare, more people around the world are learning to enjoy and seek out similar products and experiences in their physical lives. Through their feeds, they are consuming similar kinds of digital content, no matter where they live, and so their preferences are shaped in that image.
... See moreKyle Chayka • Filterworld
Who we follow has a disproportionate effect on the relevance and quality of what we see on much of Western social media because the apps were designed that way.
Eugene Wei • And You Will Know Us by the Company We Keep
Lessons from C.S. Lewis
substack.com
In recommendation media, content is not distributed to networks of connected people as the primary means of distribution. Instead, the main mechanism for the distribution of content is through opaque, platform-defined algorithms that favor maximum attention and engagement from consumers.
Michael Mignano • The End of Social Media - Every
WATCH: Is A.I. the new colonialism?
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