9 Best Articles in 2021
medium.com
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
medium.com
~16 min read · 1088 saves · From 2016 · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite.
WIRED
Inside Facebook's Hellish Two Years—and Mark Zuckerberg's Struggle to Fix it All
WIRED
1045 saves · From 2018 · How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all.
Guardian Tech
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Guardian Tech
987 saves · From 2017 · The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race…
Facebook Newsroom
It’s Facebook Official, Dating Is Here
Facebook Newsroom
829 saves · 2019-09-05 · Facebook Dating makes it easier to find love through what you like.
Buffer
The 20 Best New Social Media Tools to Try in 2017 (And How to Use Them)
Buffer
~20 min read · 683 saves · From 2016 · The social media world is a fascinating one. Every so often, a new social media platform emerges to capture our attention (Peach) or become part of our daily lives (Snapchat). The social media tools landscape can be just as fascinating — and robust! Every week, people build and launch new social media tools, empowering us marketers in […]
The New York Times
Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You?
The New York Times
4 min read · 672 saves · 2020-11-21 · The people in this story may look familiar, like ones you’ve seen on Facebook or Twitter or Tinder. But they don’t exist. They were born from the mind of a computer, and the technology behind them is…
The Economist Data Team
How heavy use of social media is linked to mental illness
The Economist Data Team
5 min read · 624 saves · From 2018 · Youngsters report problems with anxiety, depression, sleep and “FoMO”
The New York Times
The Follower Factory
The New York Times
556 saves · From 2018 · Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market.
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The New York Times
We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol.
The New York Times
7 min read · 199 saves · Jan 11th · Ben Smith · At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media. A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill.
The New Republic
Making Sense of the Facebook Menace
The New Republic
~17 min read · 124 saves · 2020-12-31 · Can the largest media platform in the world ever be made safe for democracy?
The New York Times
Opinion | How Facebook Incubated the Insurrection
The New York Times
~14 min read · 106 saves · Jan 14th · Right-wing influencers embraced extremist views and Facebook rewarded them.
The New York Times
FarmVille Once Took Over Facebook. Now Everything Is FarmVille.
The New York Times
5 min read · 92 saves · 2020-12-31 · Daniel Victor · The game, a phenomenon a decade ago, is shutting down on Thursday. But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming.
BuzzFeed News
Facebook Is Showing Military Gear Ads Next To Insurrection Posts
BuzzFeed News
4 min read · 76 saves · Jan 14th · Earlier this week, Facebook employees warned that military product ads were being advertised against news about DC riots. The company did not act.
The Markup
In Georgia, Facebook’s Changes Brought Back a Partisan News Feed
The Markup
6 min read · 70 saves · Jan 5th · Ahead of crucial senate runoffs, Facebook reversed its political ad ban, and the impact was visible on users’ feeds
Stratechery
Trump and Twitter
Stratechery
7 min read · 66 saves · Jan 7th · Ben Thompson · Twitter and Facebook face the gravest Trump crisis yet, and this time, I think it is time to act.
MIT Technology Review
The best way to protect free speech on social media is to promote competition
MIT Technology Review
2 min read · 61 saves · Jan 9th · Until users have other platforms to choose from, Twitter and Facebook will keep calling the shots.
The Verge
TikTok teens’ latest passion is enterprise software
The Verge
2 min read · 57 saves · Jan 5th · Makena Kelly · Notion is now a vibey studying aesthetic spot.
BuzzFeed News
The Pro-Trump Mob Was Doing It For The Gram
BuzzFeed News
4 min read · 52 saves · Jan 8th · The assault on the Capitol, and on democracy, also felt like a meme-making social media performance.
