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 · From 2019 · 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.
Shared by 142, including Johannes Lenz, Liliane Ferrari ™, Stephanie A Kowalski, tjalve, Katja Evertz, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina, hiten.eth, Thomas Power, Sachin Rekhi, Gerrit Eicker
TNW
This game shows you how bots and trolls spread fake news on social media
2 min read · From 2019 · 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."
Reader View · Shared by 80, including Ex Apologist, Alexandra Wong, Gerrit Eicker, Merkstatt, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Visual Capitalist
Visualizing Social Media Use by Generation
9 min read · From 2019 · Every generation has the same desire for connection, but the way in which we connect over social media differs across age groups and regions.
Reader View · Shared by 191, including Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, Mike Quindazzi ✨, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Andreas Staub, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Martina Bürge, Ines Bieler, Gerrit Eicker
Fast Company
Mozilla and Creative Commons want to reimagine the internet without ads, and they have $100M to do it
2 min read · From 2019 · The funds would support projects using a new “web monetization” protocol, including open source tools and individual creators
Reader View · Shared by 85, including Esther Schindler, Mathew Ingram, Katja Evertz, Chris Heilmann, Gerrit Eicker, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Mitch Kapor, Javi Cantón, Bertrand Maltaverne, Jochen Burkhard, Richard MacManus
BBC Future
Why we believe fake news
4 min read · From 2019 · 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?
Reader View · Shared by 84, including Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Power, Dan Ariely, Liliane Ferrari ™, rudolph regter, Bernard Marr, Glyn Britton
The Atlantic
Talk to People on the Telephone
2 min read · From 2019 · It’s time to start calling your friends again.
Reader View · Shared by 109, including Marsha Collier, Mathew Ingram, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Merkstatt, Ernie Smith, zoeamar, Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Power, Liv 😷, Massimiliano Aroffo, Felix M, Liliane Ferrari ™
MIT Technology Review
Teens are anxious and depressed after three hours a day on social media
2 min read · From 2019 · 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…
Reader View · Shared by 103, including Merkstatt, Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Power, John Nosta, luis antónio santos, Kelly Hoey, Peter Schmidhuber, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Brian Solis - briansolis.eth, Howard Getson
blog.lightcat.io
How to Analyse What Customers Want
2 min read · From 2019 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 191, including Raphael Bratschi, Christian P. Stobbe, Nir Eyal, Eduard Banque, Adam Jeziorski, Taylor Banks 🌻🇺🇸🇺🇦, Stephanie A Kowalski, Gerrit Eicker, Jonathan Kogan, Clemens, Hugo Carvalho, Lauren Holliday, Jacob du Toit
WIRED
The Danger of Thinking We’re All ‘Addicted’ to Tech
~15 min read · From 2019 · Opinion: Telling ourselves that tech 'hijacks' our brains plays right into tech's hands.
Shared by 156, including Javi Cantón, venkat - bala, Cyrill Schmid, Backchannel, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Ines Bieler, Gerrit Eicker, Raul Tiru 🌎, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Nir Eyal, Matthias Lampe, Merkstatt, Thomas Power, Glyn Britton
The New York Times
There Is No Tech Backlash
7 min read · From 2019 · Worse, we think there is one.
Reader View · Shared by 79, including Keith Rabois, Thomas Power, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Vikram Dutt, Matthias Lampe, Benedict Evans, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Gerrit Eicker, Felix Salmon, Evan Selinger
medium.com
“Multi-million spike in pageviews”: The company behind TikTok is now shaking up news aggregation
~12 min read · From 2019 · The MIT Technology Review called it “the insanely popular Chinese news app that you’ve never heard of.” The app, Toutiao (Chinese for…
Reader View · Shared by 21, including Alex Barrera, Matt Navarra, Gerrit Eicker
Ness Labs
From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out
6 min read · From 2019 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 704, including Tyler Tringas, Josep M. Ganyet, Tristán Elósegui, HeyDesigner, Cameron Yick, dunschtig, Patric Fornasier, Liv 😷, Gerrit Eicker, Vincenzo Tremonte, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, André Borges, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Beth Price Almeida, Thomas Power, Ines Bieler, Fabricio Teixeira, Chris Heilmann, blinch, Glyn Britton
Scientific American
How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It
~11 min read · From 2019 · The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth
Reader View · Shared by 138, including Vaughan Bell, Miguel Angel Escotet, luis antónio santos, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, hiten.eth, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️, Liv 😷, Liliane Ferrari ™, Niklaus Gerber, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Merkstatt, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Gregg Caruso, Lluís Codina, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jennifer Ouellette, Gabriele, Gerrit Eicker
Harvard Business Review
What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers
5 min read · From 2019 · It’s like having a micromanaging boss who’s always watching you.
Reader View · Shared by 68, including Gerrit Eicker, Kirk Borne, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Thomas Power, Nige Willson, Guy Kawasaki, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, Andreas Staub, Howard Getson
TechCrunch
Now Facebook says it may remove Like counts
2 min read · From 2019 · 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…
Reader View · Shared by 77, including Raphael Raue, Madalyn Sklar Digital Marketing since 1996, 🇺🇦 Neal Schaffer | ニール・シェーファー｜#StandWithUkraine, Builtvisible, Steve Faktor, dreig (Dolors Reig), Marsha Collier, Johannes Lenz, Merkstatt, Mathew Ingram, Gerrit Eicker, Justin Levy, Glen Gilmore | 🌻🥽Metaverse 🕳🐇, Jon Loomer, Daniel Jörg, Thomas Power, Dr. Ai 🎓#ClassroomWithoutWalls
Teen Vogue
Why Teens Are Creating Their Own News Outlets
2 min read · From 2019 · Teens care about the news. They just don’t like traditional media.
Reader View · Shared by 78, including Mathew Ingram, PhilanTopic, Dan Gillmor, Thomas Power, Oliver Gassner / @oliverg@mastodon.social, Vincenzo Tremonte, Mark Kaigwa, Nir Eyal, Joe Germuska, Merkstatt, Dr. Alec Couros, Gerrit Eicker, Nieman Reports
