Nethnology
@Nethnology - the ethnology of Internet locals: their cultural, social, economical differences and relationships. Still a Nethnographer.
Collection by Gerrit Eicker
HackerNoon | Learn Any Technology
What to do once you admit that decentralizing everything never seems to work
9 min · · Lots of tech projects these days, especially crypto-networks, aspire to decentralization. Or their evangelists say they do, because they… · Shared by 67, including Christopher Allen, Chris Messina, Carl Morris, LARRY ELKAN, Charles Baldwin, Gideonro, William (Bill) Kennedy, David Smooke, Michael Feathers, Gerrit Eicker
The Guardian
The weaponisation of information is mutating at alarming speed
4 min · · Countries and companies are lining up to enter the disinformation business, says Chatham House fellow Sophia Ignatidou · Shared by 145, including Rebecca Taylor FRSA, Carl Morris, Joanna J Bryson, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Carly, Andra Keay 🐳 @robotlaunch@mstdn.social, Thomas Pleil, Thomas Power, John Koetsier, Ste Davies, Gerrit Eicker, ❤️ Umair
CJR
Could WordPress + Tumblr create an alternative to Facebook?
7 min · · When Verizon announced earlier this week that it was selling Tumblr, the blogging platform Yahoo acquired in 2013 for $1.1 billion, most of the attention focused on the price: according to Axios, the… · Shared by 48, including Gerrit Eicker, Rick Powell, Jonathan Kogan, rogerverhoeven, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Mathew Ingram
The Guardian
Has Tinder lost its spark?
5 min · · Dating apps are a huge success – but people are looking elsewhere for the perfect match · Shared by 45, including Dean Anthony Gratton, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Gerrit Eicker
hedonometer.org
Hedonometer
· Hedonometer.org is an instrument that measures the happiness of large populations in real time. The hedonometer is based on people’s online expressions, capitalizing on data-rich social media, and… · Shared by 7, including Gerrit Eicker
The Guardian
Teen's tweets from her smart fridge go viral after mother confiscates phone
2 min · · Fifteen-year-old resorts to drastic measures after mom takes action ‘so I’d pay more attention to my surroundings’ · Shared by 102, including Luca Hammer, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Mark Kaigwa, Lukas Stickelberger, Gerrit Eicker, John Koetsier, Jessica Gioglio, Dean Anthony Gratton, Bernhard Huessy, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Andy Sporring - 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Essays
VICE
Remembering Instagram Before the Influencers
7 min · · Artists like Audrey Wollen, Alexandra Marzella and Arvida Bystrom moved to Instagram from Tumblr in the early 2010s. But the past few years have seen the platform shift. · Shared by 14, including i-D, Gerrit Eicker, Matt Navarra
World Economic Forum
Social media linked to a higher risk of depression in teen girls
2 min · · Online harassment and disturbed sleep, as well as poor body image and lower self-esteem, are some of the dangers girls face. · Shared by 9, including Gerrit Eicker
The New Yorker
How Social Media Shapes Our Identity
7 min · · The Internet constantly confronts us with evidence of our past. Are we losing the chance to remake ourselves? · Shared by 147, including Arin Basu, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Gerd Leonhard, Fanzo, Felix M, Bjorn Larsen, Mark Little, Jane, Thomas Power, Timothy Lomauro, Gerrit Eicker, Mark Kaigwa, Mathew Ingram, Ste Davies
techxplore.com
Study explores interactions between world leaders on social media
3 min · · Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have recently carried out a study investigating the interactions among different world leaders and influential political figures on social… · Shared by 20, including Gerrit Eicker, USC, Thomas Power
Pew Research Fact Tank
Share of U.S. adults using social media, including Facebook, is mostly unchanged since 2018
3 min · · The steady growth in adoption that social platforms have experienced in the U.S. over the past decade also appears to be slowing. · Shared by 36, including Builtvisible, Gerrit Eicker, Matt Navarra, Anne Thompson, Christopher Lauer™, Charles Baldwin, Martina Bürge, Pew Research Internet
Pew Research Fact Tank
10 facts about Americans and Facebook
4 min · · Despite facing more scrutiny, Facebook is used by around seven-in-ten U.S. adults and remains popular across demographic groups. · Shared by 19, including Pew Research Internet, Gerrit Eicker, Brooke B. Sellas
Pew Research Fact Tank
10 facts about Americans and Twitter
4 min · · Around one-in-five U.S. adults say they use Twitter. Users tend to be younger and to have more education and higher incomes than adults overall. · Shared by 48, including Klaus Eck, Gerrit Eicker, Tara Imani, AIA, Pew Research Internet, CMSWire.com, Mark Kaigwa, luis antónio santos, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good
The Wharton School
The Impact of Social Media: Is it Irreplaceable?
10 min · · The impact of social media over the last 20 years has been significant, but current trends indicate that the sector's future will include more oversight. · Shared by 53, including Katja Evertz, Chris Messina, Jonathan Kogan, Stephan Woodtli, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Power, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Gerrit Eicker
The Guardian
Innocence lost: What did you do before the internet?
10 min · · People born in the late 1970s are the last to have grown up without the internet. Social scientists call them the Last of the Innocents. Leah McLaren ponders a time when our attention was allowed to… · Shared by 87, including Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Ines Bieler, Fern, Ste Davies, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Mike Davidson, Gerrit Eicker, Mark Kaigwa
Social Media Today
New Study Looks at the Most Popular YouTube Content, and Highlights Key Trends
4 min · · Pew Research has conducted a new study of some of the most popular YouTube channels, in order to determine key platform trends. · Shared by 34, including Gerrit Eicker, Mark Kaigwa, Martina Bürge, Jonathan Kogan