Sociallogical

03/14/2024

Worry about tech's impact on the world? Highly recommend this interview.

They promised us Star Trek but gave us Star Wars.

Also, "smart people aren't afraid of real debate." Kara Swisher

It's on. Twice a week, award-winning journalist Kara Swisher gets to the heart of the story through no-holds-barred interviews with power players across business, tech, media, politics and beyond. So why do her guests show up? “Smart people,” says Kara, “like difficult questions.” Mondays an...

12/07/2021

Free and open society warning: "Just a handful of companies control a majority of the world’s most popular social media platforms" - and algorithms.

When it comes to social networks, Meta is the dominant player, with a combined total of 7.5 billion MAUs across its four platforms.

10/19/2021

"We are now in social media's Big To***co moment."

This is the interview that you need to listen to. We advise orgs on how to best use social media and this age of unregulated irresponsibility for platforms must end.

This is a 403 error, and it's not as ominous as it sounds. Bitly can only show this page to people who have permission to see it. Maybe what you are looking for can be found at Bitly.com.

01/31/2021

Anonymous users can be powerful contributors but, if you speak from the shadows, there's a higher standard for you; insults, disinformation & disrespect should not be tolerated, immediately banned for 14 days. Trolls don't enrich our dialogue.

Even as the commission said the regulator should have the power to impose fines or administrative penalties as a deterrent against a pattern of non-compliance, it warned against Germany’s 'reactive' approach and favoured 'corrective' over punitive measures.

01/03/2021

Have you been using emojis more this year?

"Surface level, it feels cheesy, like something that only people who are dating do, But then you start using emojis, and you realize they're actually a very powerful form of communication."

12/10/2020

A solid case for exposing them to competition: "Facebook preserves user privacy when it fears competition and degrades privacy when it doesn’t."

Who would use "safe and secure" to describe their experience using Facebook?

The government wants to break up the world’s biggest social network. Internal company emails show why.

09/18/2020

MUST WATCH! Social media brings people together. Algorithms are tearing us apart. "Simultaneous utopia and dystopia"

To take action, visit Canada's https://openmedia.org

We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline to stay connected, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other si...

06/30/2020

"88% of hate speech removed from the site was found by Facebook’s own tools...[they] have generated income & interest from this divisive content; they won’t change their practices until they begin to see significant cut to their revenue"

The social network’s crisis has been a long time in the making and shows no sign of going away

06/12/2020

LinkedIn is a powerful tool for business professionals across all industries. Great post.

Learn the truth behind some of the most pervasive LinkedIn myths.