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This week on my #podcast, I read #Twiddler, a recent @Medium column in which I delve more deeply into #enshittification, and how it is a pathology of digital platforms, distinct from the rent-seeking of the analog world that preceded it:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Enshittification, you'll recall, is the lifecycle of the online platform: first, the platform allocates #surpluses to end-users; then, once users are locked in, those surpluses are taken away and given to business-customers. 3/
In the #enshittification cycle, a #platform lures users with a good deal at first, then it lures business customers (advertisers, sellers, creators) by handing them the #surplus; finally, it takes all the surplus for itself, creating a pile of shit:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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When a company is neither disciplined by #competition nor by #regulation, enshittification inevitably ensues. 3/
In "Social Quitting," my latest @LocusMag column, I analyze the precipitous #VibeShift of the dominant social media platforms: how we so quickly went from wondering how to get shut of them to asking where we go now that we're all ready to quit.
locusmag.com/2023/01/commen… 1/
locusmag.com/2023/01/commen… 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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The core of the argument revolves around #surpluses - that is, the value that exists in the service. For a user, surpluses are things like "being able to converse with your friends" and "being able to plan activities with your friends." 3/
No matter how benevolent a dictatorship is, it's still a dictatorship, and subject to the dictator's whims. We must demand that the owners and leaders of tech platforms be fair and good - but we must also be prepared for them to fail at this, sometimes catastrophically. 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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#ContentModeration is fundamentally about making social media work better, but there are two other considerations that determine how social media *fails*: #EndToEnd (#E2E), and #FreedomOfExit. 1/
These are much neglected, and that's a pity, because how a system fails is every bit as important as how it works. 2/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2022/12/19/bet… 3/
pluralistic.net/2022/12/19/bet… 3/
A leak from the @EU_EDPB reveals that the #EU's top #privacy regulator is about to overrule the Irish Data Protection Commission and declare #Facebook's business model illegal, banning #surveillance-based #ads without explicit consent:
noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-pe… 1/
noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-pe… 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
pluralistic.net/2022/12/07/luc… 2/
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In some ways, this is unsurprising. Since the #GDPR's beginning, it's been crystal clear that the intention of the landmark privacy regulation was to extinguish commercial surveillance and ring down the curtain on #ConsentTheater. 3/
1/6 I think that a #DeSci economy that covers all aspects of #academia in one ecosystem (#publications, #peerreview, and #funding) is more valuable and more likely to succeed in the long run than a project that covers only one or two of these aspects. Why? ...
2/6 Because of #networkeffects. All three parts of academia co-depend and influence each other. There are positive network externalities to solving problems in publishing, peer review, and funding to other parts of #academia. ...
3/6 And if such an integrated #DeSci solution helps to reward #scientists more fairly, solve their #funding problems, and raise the standards of #peerreview and #publications, every #scientist would want to be a part of it. ...
This week on my podcast, I read my @Medium column "Jam To-Day," a look at how slow antitrust enforcement can be, and what regulators can do to offer relief to the hostages in Big Tech's walled gardens right from day one: through #interoperability.
doctorow.medium.com/jam-to-day-46b… 1/
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If you'd like an unrolled version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Antitrust is a very slow-moving process. The AT&T breakup in 1982 was the culmination of *69 years'* worth of enforcement action.
1982 was also the year that IBM's 12-year antitrust sojourn ended, without the breakup the DoJ had been seeking. 3/
1982 was also the year that IBM's 12-year antitrust sojourn ended, without the breakup the DoJ had been seeking. 3/
🏀There are TWO questions that every @RumbleKongs owner is asking themselves right now.🏀
- How big can this project get?
- How much $ can my Kong be worth in the near future?
Here's a THREAD to help you understand the magnitude. 👇
- How big can this project get?
- How much $ can my Kong be worth in the near future?
Here's a THREAD to help you understand the magnitude. 👇
A Kong/nft must to be part of a TEAM to compete against other teams. There will be a limited amount of teams available in the entire ecosystem. Teams must also be part of a LEAGUE. The game will launch with a total of 6 league divisions.
The higher the league, the more $RKL tokens paid out to the winning teams, and the more passive income that your will Kong make per game. In other words, Kongs will become a passive income-generating machine.
38/ We need more fundamental research & education in crypto $EGLD $CEL
Really proud of our new paper! inet.ox.ac.uk/files/Pichler-…
We design a brand-new economic model to capture the complexity effects induced by the #COVID19 pandemic, and look for a sweet spot between economic boost and epidemic risk while reopening the economy.
A thread 👇 1/N
We design a brand-new economic model to capture the complexity effects induced by the #COVID19 pandemic, and look for a sweet spot between economic boost and epidemic risk while reopening the economy.
A thread 👇 1/N
Rather than building yet another #SIR model, we use survey data collected by epidemiologists and simply estimate how different activities could affect R0 in the early stage of the epidemic. 2/N
Let’s start with our main result: if all non consumer-facing industries reopen, schools are open only for workers who need childcare, and everyone who can work from home continues to #WorkFromHome, we get a boost in economic output while keeping the epidemic under control. 3/N
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