Nethnology
@Nethnology - the ethnology of Internet locals: their cultural, social, economical differences and relationships. Still a Nethnographer.
Collection by Gerrit Eicker
WIRED
On TikTok, There Is No Time
3 min read · 2019-10-03 · The popular app doesn’t tell users when a video was posted. Creators say that makes it easier to steal content—but there are also upsides to forgetting what day it is.
TNW
This game shows you how bots and trolls spread fake news on social media
2 min read · 2019-09-27 · Troll Factory taps into the power of gamification to bring about awareness and "illustrate how fake news, emotive content and bot armies are utilized to affect moods, opinions and decision-making."
Visual Capitalist
Visualizing Social Media Use by Generation
9 min read · 2019-09-21 · Every generation has the same desire for connection, but the way in which we connect over social media differs across age groups and regions.
Fast Company
Mozilla and Creative Commons want to reimagine the internet without ads, and they have $100M to do it
2 min read · 2019-09-16 · The funds would support projects using a new “web monetization” protocol, including open source tools and individual creators
BBC Future
Why we believe fake news
4 min read · 2019-09-10 · The pace of life in the 21st Century has created “infostorms” that overwhelm our senses. Is believing in some of the sensationalist things we see actually a rational response?
The Atlantic
Talk to People on the Telephone
2 min read · 2019-09-16 · It’s time to start calling your friends again.
MIT Technology Review
Teens are anxious and depressed after three hours a day on social media
2 min read · 2019-09-11 · A study published today in the journal JAMA Psychiatry suggests that teenagers who spend more than three hours a day on social media are more likely to develop mental health problems including…
blog.lightcat.io
How to Analyse What Customers Want
2 min read · 2019-09-07 · Customer behaviour and opinions contain a lot of data. This blog covers how analysing it the right way can unlock great insights about what customers want.
WIRED
The Danger of Thinking We’re All ‘Addicted’ to Tech
5 min read · 2019-09-13 · Opinion: Telling ourselves that tech 'hijacks' our brains plays right into tech's hands.
medium.com
“Multi-million spike in pageviews”: The company behind TikTok is now shaking up news aggregation
~12 min read · 2019-09-16 · The MIT Technology Review called it “the insanely popular Chinese news app that you’ve never heard of.” The app, Toutiao (Chinese for…
Ness Labs
From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out
6 min read · 2019-09-07 · JOMO—the joy of missing out—is a way to live an intentional life. It’s realising that FOMO is distracting you from your life’s purpose.
Scientific American
How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It
~11 min read · 2019-08-22 · The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth
Harvard Business Review
What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers
5 min read · 2019-08-31 · It’s like having a micromanaging boss who’s always watching you.
TechCrunch
Now Facebook says it may remove Like counts
2 min read · 2019-09-02 · Facebook could soon start hiding the Like counter on News Feed posts to protect users’ from envy and dissuade them from self-censorship. Instagram is already testing this in 7 countries including…
Teen Vogue
Why Teens Are Creating Their Own News Outlets
2 min read · 2019-08-29 · Teens care about the news. They just don’t like traditional media.
