J Miller
JMMaok@mastodon.online
<p>Retired professor. Mostly here to read about multilingual open science, civic tech, and public policy. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nobots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nobots</span></a></p>
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Post #1704934
I read Schüll&#39;s book on gambling, Addiction by Design, years ago. One of my favorites, highly recommend. I think it subtly prepared me to be wary of some features of social media algorithms. Can’t say that awareness was enough to protect me completely from the excesses of Twitter, though. Also, some of the features she identifies can be present even here on Mastodon.
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Post #1704933
This preprint about moving into a post social media era strikes me as really useful for up coming #fediforum conversations https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6nue7_v1 Key points: algorithms shift focus from communities to interests, GenAI content removes dependency on human content creation, and people are moving to smaller semi/private communities. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6nue7_v1 H/T @leahmcelrath.bsky.social for sharing this.
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Post #565778
RE: https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_new/116046300273763120 In case you were unaware of the Project Gutenberg new books account, or this offering in particular.