Dessa
@de55a.bsky.social
MS student interested in social media, cats, natural language processing, dogs, and much, much more.
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"The fundamental problem, as I see it, is not that social media misinforms individuals about what is true or untrue but that it creates publics with malformed collective understandings. That is a more subtle problem, but also a more pernicious one." YES.
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
www.programmablemutter.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"The fundamental problem, as I see it, is not that social media misinforms individuals about what is true or untrue but that it creates publics with malformed collective understandings. That is a more subtle problem, but also a more pernicious one." YES.
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"Virologists around the world said they were flabbergasted by how poorly the United States was tracking the situation." www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
Bird Flu Has Spread Out of Control after Mistakes by U.S. Government and Industry
As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker safety put the country at risk
www.scientificamerican.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Virologists around the world said they were flabbergasted by how poorly the United States was tracking the situation." www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
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This is a real concern - platforms need to address structural problems structurally. Individual power to block is useful, but it will never be a substitute for good governance.
I hate to think bluesky is going to make that same mistake but if they don’t have a proactive plan in place for bots flooding the zone w/shit we are all fucked. And since so many of y’all already left the other site, well… are you starting to see what that means? What the end informational goal is?
December 1, 2024 at 12:53 PM
This is a real concern - platforms need to address structural problems structurally. Individual power to block is useful, but it will never be a substitute for good governance.
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my latest with @jessmaddox.bsky.social is out this morning in @femmediastudies.bsky.social! We propose influencer snark as a feminist media practice to address concerns of credibility, authenticity, and representation in the influencer industry.
please share!!!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XZSZD...
please share!!!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XZSZD...
November 19, 2024 at 1:47 PM
my latest with @jessmaddox.bsky.social is out this morning in @femmediastudies.bsky.social! We propose influencer snark as a feminist media practice to address concerns of credibility, authenticity, and representation in the influencer industry.
please share!!!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XZSZD...
please share!!!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XZSZD...
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Making RFK Jr eat McDonald's is so good as a Stalinesque tactic to break his inner circle's spirits completely, over and over. You WILL eat the Big Mac and you WILL NOT say how you think it's pumped full of hormones that cause autism. Look at RFK's face here!
November 17, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Making RFK Jr eat McDonald's is so good as a Stalinesque tactic to break his inner circle's spirits completely, over and over. You WILL eat the Big Mac and you WILL NOT say how you think it's pumped full of hormones that cause autism. Look at RFK's face here!