Susan Notess, PhD.
@susannotess.bsky.social
Kentucky based former philosophy instructor and curriculum developer, in the middle of an existential reboot and still looking for what’s next.
She/They
She/They
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On Mr. Rogers as an example of intentionally fostering non-toxic parasocial relationships: @susannotess.bsky.social and I have a short write-up here, including letters Fred Rogers wrote back to me and my sister:
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/reddit/...
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/reddit/...
6.5. Parasocial Relationships
Another phenomenon related to authenticity which is common on social media is the parasocial relationship[ f32]. Parasocial relationships are when a viewer or follower of a public figure (that is, ...
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io
April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
On Mr. Rogers as an example of intentionally fostering non-toxic parasocial relationships: @susannotess.bsky.social and I have a short write-up here, including letters Fred Rogers wrote back to me and my sister:
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/reddit/...
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/reddit/...
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Started teaching 150 students today how to make Bluesky social media bots (and also trying to teach ethics). Sorry to add to your bot load @pfrazee.com
Our textbook: Social Media, Ethics, and Automation by me and @susannotess.bsky.social
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/bsky/in...
Our textbook: Social Media, Ethics, and Automation by me and @susannotess.bsky.social
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/bsky/in...
Social Media, Ethics, and Automation
Free textbook on programming social media bots and considering the ethical implications of having done so. Automation drives our experience of social media platforms, from timeline feeds to disinfo...
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io
January 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Started teaching 150 students today how to make Bluesky social media bots (and also trying to teach ethics). Sorry to add to your bot load @pfrazee.com
Our textbook: Social Media, Ethics, and Automation by me and @susannotess.bsky.social
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/bsky/in...
Our textbook: Social Media, Ethics, and Automation by me and @susannotess.bsky.social
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/bsky/in...
In which Zuck takes a move out of Pavel Chichikov’s playbook #deadsouls #gogol
Meta confirms they plan to add tons of AI-generated users to Facebook and Instagram
They will have bios, profile pics and can share content
(via Financial Times)
They will have bios, profile pics and can share content
(via Financial Times)
December 30, 2024 at 2:55 PM
In which Zuck takes a move out of Pavel Chichikov’s playbook #deadsouls #gogol
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Perhaps relevant, but here's a piece I wrote earlier this year about the long history of fear and joy around some foods' supposed ability to queer the body. Both of which are rooted in the knowledge that the body, and the self, can indeed be changed. www.eater.com/24162871/foo...
The Food That Makes You Gay
Too many people grow up fearing what food might reveal about themselves. Maybe it’s time we embrace self-discovery.
www.eater.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Perhaps relevant, but here's a piece I wrote earlier this year about the long history of fear and joy around some foods' supposed ability to queer the body. Both of which are rooted in the knowledge that the body, and the self, can indeed be changed. www.eater.com/24162871/foo...
We’re also working on a version of this course with no programming, for those that just want to explore ethics in tech at a starter level with their students. Bonus is that it helps incoming undergrads develop a literacy and critical reflectiveness about interaction and information online!
"Social Media, Ethics, and Automation" is a free textbook written by me and @susannotess.bsky.social
We teach new programmers to write social media bots (including Bsky), and think about the ethics of what they did.
Visit the textbook here: social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/bsky/in...
We teach new programmers to write social media bots (including Bsky), and think about the ethics of what they did.
Visit the textbook here: social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/bsky/in...
Social Media, Ethics, and Automation
Free textbook on programming social media bots and considering the ethical implications of having done so. Automation drives our experience of social media platforms, from timeline feeds to disinfo...
social-media-ethics-automation.github.io
November 26, 2024 at 2:33 AM
We’re also working on a version of this course with no programming, for those that just want to explore ethics in tech at a starter level with their students. Bonus is that it helps incoming undergrads develop a literacy and critical reflectiveness about interaction and information online!
I was never gonna be British for real, even when I thought I’d be there for the rest of my life. But this pyramid is me.
October 9, 2024 at 12:08 PM
I was never gonna be British for real, even when I thought I’d be there for the rest of my life. But this pyramid is me.
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“Other struggling people aren’t the enemy.” ~ Nathan Monk
October 7, 2024 at 12:19 AM
“Other struggling people aren’t the enemy.” ~ Nathan Monk
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information/entertainment skills are so different now to 20 years ago. like food pre/post industrialisation of the food supply.
the skill used to be: finding & storing so that you had enough. now it’s often: selecting from a vast selection that contains a lot of junk. & knowing when to stop.
the skill used to be: finding & storing so that you had enough. now it’s often: selecting from a vast selection that contains a lot of junk. & knowing when to stop.
October 6, 2024 at 11:27 AM
information/entertainment skills are so different now to 20 years ago. like food pre/post industrialisation of the food supply.
the skill used to be: finding & storing so that you had enough. now it’s often: selecting from a vast selection that contains a lot of junk. & knowing when to stop.
the skill used to be: finding & storing so that you had enough. now it’s often: selecting from a vast selection that contains a lot of junk. & knowing when to stop.
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Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
“In fact, it really wasn’t her problem. How nice to find a problem that wasn’t yours.”
“In fact, it really wasn’t her problem. How nice to find a problem that wasn’t yours.”
Discworld QOTD, from Monstrous Regiment
"You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem."
"You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem."
October 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.”
