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Syllabus for my 2015 Stanford Social Media Issues course:
I don’t own chickens. Or any birds for that matter. And even if I did, I probably wouldn’t dress them up as adorable feathered crossing guards.
But sometimes the algorithms for targeted ads on #SocialMedia are so very wrong, they’re simply delightful.
Still, I’m very happy they’re not part of #Mastodon.
There's a lot of great explanation sites about the fediverse and its various communities, and I wanted to take a stab at this myself.
The site (very much work in progress) is aimed at a more casual audience. Let me know what you think!
#fediverse #SocialMedia #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #JoinTheFediverse
(new blogpost) A time will shortly be upon us when we must decide, make a choice about how we might want our interweb to look and be in the near future and beyond. I think it boils down to a single catch-all choice: who owns the content and interactions of the Internet. ...
#fediverse #platformsociety #datasociety #socialmedia
penworks.net/blog/billionaire-…
Billionaire Platform Society and You
A time will shortly be upon us when we must decide, make a choice about how we might want our interweb to look and be in the near future and beyond. I think...penworks.net
Thousands fled to Mastodon after Musk bought Twitter. Are they still ‘tooting’?
The decentralized social network has seen user numbers drop in recent months, but tech-savvy users remain passionateWilfred Chan (The Guardian)
There it is: Germany's second big public broadcaster is teasing, that it will start posting on #Mastodon tomorrow as @ZDF That account has 3200 follower, on #Twitter its 1,4 million.
I'm sure it will start to grow quickly and get a headstart on the other big public broadcaster #ARD, which has labeled its first account a test (@NDR).
Of course it would also be a headstart on the big public broadcasters, that are arguing with #Twitter.
#NPR #PBS #TwitterTakeover #ElonMusk #SocialMedia #BBC
While #NPR and #PBS have quit #Twitter (without mentioning #Mastodon however), Germany's biggest public broadcaster #ARD and #ZDF are not only already testing their own instances for quite a while (dev.ard.social/public/local & zdf.social/public/local): The first proper account is now live and posts news articles from northern Germany – @NDR
Let's see, if NPR and PBS find their way here. Oh and where is the #BBC?
Twitter’s ad revenue is down 89% and not many users are signing up to its paid subscription. In April, it’s removing “legacy” blue checks and further prioritizing paid accounts.
For Disconnect, I explain that Elon Musk needs this to push more users to subscribe to Twitter Blue so he can pay his $1.5 billion in annual interest payments. But it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.
disconnect.blog/p/twitters-mom…
#tech #twitter #elonmusk #socialmedia
Twitter's Moment of Truth Has Arrived
As Elon Musk removes the legacy blue checks, he needs more people to subscribe. It isn't happening.Paris Marx (Disconnect)
Buffer’s popular social media management software can now schedule and post to @Mastodon servers. Coywolf has a first look at what it's like to connect and publish posts from Buffer to Mastodon.
coywolf.news/social/buffer-add…
