Luis Zaman
@luiszaman.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at University of Michigan in Complex Systems and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. We study coevolution with phage and self-replicating computer programs!
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3. While big oil, big tobacco, etc. serve as well-known cautionary tales, social media research poses novel challenges for independent researchers—perhaps most notably, access to the study system itself.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
3. While big oil, big tobacco, etc. serve as well-known cautionary tales, social media research poses novel challenges for independent researchers—perhaps most notably, access to the study system itself.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
It's like trying to study climate change if Exxon-Mobile owned all the world's thermometers.
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It takes a lot of chutzpah for the Director to claim:
"[A]s a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust." when it is precisely this kind of OpEd that has reduced trust.
We have a long road ahead.
"[A]s a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust." when it is precisely this kind of OpEd that has reduced trust.
We have a long road ahead.
August 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It takes a lot of chutzpah for the Director to claim:
"[A]s a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust." when it is precisely this kind of OpEd that has reduced trust.
We have a long road ahead.
"[A]s a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust." when it is precisely this kind of OpEd that has reduced trust.
We have a long road ahead.
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Ben photobombing this is wonderful!
July 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ben photobombing this is wonderful!
Literally a parody of tech bro culture…
June 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Literally a parody of tech bro culture…