How to run a small social network site for your friends
This document exists to lay out some general principles of running a small social network site that have worked for me. These principles are related to community building more than they are related to…
Done with Facebook and Twitter? Try building your own private social network
As part of a Mozilla Foundation fellowship, internet artist Darius Kazemi created a guide for building small social networks. It may be a glimpse at the future of the web.
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Charles BaldwinWhatsApp is owned by Facebook, which (for me) makes it an unsuitable alternative.
Maks SherstobitowTelegram works great, with own broadcast channels, groups for friends/family/colleagues and public channels with content.
Google and Facebook Are Quietly Tracking You on Sex Websites
A new study scanned 22,484 pornography sites and found them riddled with trackers from major technology companies.
How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China’s Surveillance State
A nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives is working with Semptian, whose technology is monitoring the internet activity of 200 million people in China.
New Study: What 100 Social Media Followers Are Really Worth
The social web is huge. From Facebook to Pinterest, they all command billions of eyeballs per year. Which, of course, makes these channels too big to ignore. In other words, you have no choice but to…
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant…
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum…
Facebook’s Undemocratic Currency
The way we structure money and payments is a question for democratic institutions, not technology companies.
Facebook created our culture of echo chambers—and it killed the one thing…
Social platforms are the modern version of the public sphere that democracy theorists have called for.
Adult performers to picket Instagram HQ over company's nude photo rules
Artists, activists and models join in condemning confusing guidelines leading to account suspensions
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Florian Hanke 🍎Warning: An extremely disturbing read.
Christian MüllerYes but at the same time a very important one in my opinion.
How to use social media, according to a mental health expert
Six tips from a psychologist for coping with the negative impacts of social media use, which research has linked to social isolation, loneliness, and depression.
No, You're Not Addicted to Social Media
Opinion | What many commentators describe as an addiction is actually a powerful social norm at work. The distinction matters.
