Tag: social media

don't wait for everybody - Chloe Humbert

Most people don’t actually ever see beyond the headline. It’s a problem if someone starts with the thing they’re planning on debunking, and editor’s notes (or community notes) are probably not effective enough because of this reality.

Don’t listen to bad advice on civic engagement.

If you want to engage in democracy, consider carefully about where you get advice.

Gaslighting & manufacturing normal to minimize concerns is not the right direction to go in.

The coverage of threats by the media and the statements from community leaders are an exercise in elite panic, and that’s certainly not what we need.

No social media platform is a safe space – people need to diversify.

I’ve been saying this for years, that people are foolish if there’s only one social media platform where they say something or publish important information. But even among the people who’ve heard me, most have never listened to me. I think mainly because people fall in love with a platform, they are habit forming. They […]

Childhood milestone pandemic misinformation zombie.

There’s a need to resist tantalizing stories that are not true and may actually be harmful, no matter how relatable and true the narrative may seem initially.

Facebook’s roots are not so hot.

But Facebook’s tendrils may be ready to set more fires.

Online communities centered around products, services, or investments are a threat to money, time, and social networks.

I recommend watching this youtube documentary about Bed Bath & Beyond memestock community it’s sad and fascinating and unfortunately all too familiar because this type of thing seems to be widespread.

Tiktok is dead, long live tiktok.

All the platforms with their black box manipulative algorithms are problematic.

Community notes is not freedom and social media algorithms do not make for a community center.

Almost any flawed org, coffee klatch, or chat group is going to have more social ROI and less disinformation than mixing it up with fake accounts and targeted marketing on the big platforms.

Even Trump voters didn’t sign up for invading Greenland, right?

The whole Greenland thing should be dropped. Nobody voted for this.

Youtubers respond to comments because it pleases the algorithm.

And now some will be using a chatbot for that.

The problem with going to social media for “information”.

Yes, this is something I hear about regularly, people saying how they’re relying on social media sources for “good information” and seeking it nowhere else.

Hinting atrocities.

I just keep racking up instances where I see things going on in the US that are eerily familiar to things I’ve read about Rwanda. Seems problematic.

Jessica Pants On Fire

Why I don’t share this influencer’s content, and I don’t think you should either.

No, we don’t need some big company’s social media algorithm to connect on the internet.

Email still exists by the way. Just sayin’.

Don’t pick battles on someone else’s say so.

Don’t Wait For Everybody – Episode 014

Communities have been, and continue to be, manipulated.

Public health isn’t about a niche group with special or secret practices, and community care shouldn’t be gate kept away from people who for whatever reason haven’t been afforded information or opportunity.