Nethnology
@Nethnology - the ethnology of Internet locals: their cultural, social, economical differences and relationships. Still a Nethnographer.
Collection by Gerrit Eicker
Ness Labs
From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out
6 min · · 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. · Shared by 761, including Tyler Tringas, Josep M. Ganyet, Tristán Elósegui, HeyDesigner, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, dunschtig, tcherno, Liv 😷, Patric Fornasier, Glyn Britton, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, André Borges, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Beth Price Almeida, Thomas Power, Ines Bieler, Fabricio Teixeira, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, blinch, Vincenzo Tremonte
blog.lightcat.io
How to Analyse What Customers Want
2 min · · 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. · Shared by 222, including Raphael Bratschi, Christian P. Stobbe, Nir Eyal, Hugo Carvalho, Jacob du Toit, L. Taylor Banks, Lauren Holliday, Adam Jeziorski, Stephanie A Kowalski, Eduard Banque, Gerrit Eicker, Jonathan Kogan, Clemens
Visual Capitalist
Visualizing Social Media Use by Generation
9 min · · Every generation has the same desire for connection, but the way in which we connect over social media differs across age groups and regions. · Shared by 190, including Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, Mike Quindazzi, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Gledhill, Antonio Vieira Santos, Andreas Staub, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Martina Bürge, Ines Bieler, Gerrit Eicker
WIRED
The Danger of Thinking We’re All ‘Addicted’ to Tech
15+ min · · Opinion: Telling ourselves that tech 'hijacks' our brains plays right into tech's hands. · Shared by 164, including Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Gerrit Eicker, Cyrill Schmid, Backchannel, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Ines Bieler, venkat - bala, Raul Tiru 🌎, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Nir Eyal, Matthias Lampe, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Power, Glyn Britton
Scientific American
How Misinformation Spreads—and Why We Trust It
11+ min · · The most effective misinformation starts with seeds of truth · Shared by 150, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Vaughan Bell, Gregg Caruso, hiten.eth, Liliane Ferrari ™, Liv 😷, Miguel Angel Escotet, luis antónio santos, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Anita Leirfall, Lluís Codina, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Gabriele, Jennifer Ouellette, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Niklaus Gerber
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
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
WIRED
On TikTok, There Is No Time
3 min · · 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 141, including Johannes Lenz, Liliane Ferrari ™, tjalve, Stephanie A Kowalski, Katja Evertz, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina, hiten.eth, Thomas Power, Sachin Rekhi, Gerrit Eicker
The Atlantic
Talk to People on the Telephone
2 min · · It’s time to start calling your friends again. · Shared by 108, including Marsha Collier, Mathew Ingram, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, zoeamar, Felix M, Thomas Power, Liv 😷, Massimiliano Aroffo, Gerrit Eicker, Liliane Ferrari ™
MIT Technology Review
Teens are anxious and depressed after three hours a day on social media
2 min · · 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… · Shared by 103, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Peter Schmidhuber, Thomas Power, John Nosta, luis antónio santos, Kelly Hoey, Gerrit Eicker, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Brian Solis, Howard Getson
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
TNW
This game shows you how bots and trolls spread fake news on social media
2 min · · 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." · Shared by 99, including ExApologist, Alexandra Wong, Gerrit Eicker, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
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
Fast Company
Mozilla and Creative Commons want to reimagine the internet without ads, and they have $100M to do it
2 min · · The funds would support projects using a new “web monetization” protocol, including open source tools and individual creators · Shared by 85, including Esther Schindler, Mathew Ingram, Katja Evertz, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Jochen Burkhard, Gerrit Eicker, Mitch Kapor, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Bertrand Maltaverne, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Richard MacManus
BBC News (World)
Why we believe fake news
4 min · · 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? · Shared by 84, including rudolph regter, Thomas Power, Dan Ariely, Liliane Ferrari ™, Gerrit Eicker, Bernard Marr, Glyn Britton
The New York Times
There Is No Tech Backlash
7 min · · Worse, we think there is one. · Shared by 79, including Keith Rabois, Thomas Power, Michael (मुकेश), Gerrit Eicker, Matthias Lampe, Benedict Evans, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Vikram Dutt, felix salmon, Evan Selinger