social media

Choose your own algorithm

a year ago 4 min read AI algorithms distributed Internet social media

What if you could choose your own algorithm? Not just configure a single algorithm that governs a social media platform or website, but actually bring your own algorithm, or select an independent one, to sift through and organize the information available on a platform?

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By: Jesse Hirsh

Facebook is biased about bias

a year ago 5 min read Facebook AI algorithms bias social media

Facebook has a meta problem. They lack the critical distance and proper governance to understand their power or their problems. The problem with their problems is not just that they fail to appreciate them, but that they are arguably not in a position to understand them at all.

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By: Jesse Hirsh

Unionizing Influencers

a year ago 4 min read social media influencer unions

I’ve long argued that social media creators (and users) need a union or guild or some kind of collective organizing organization. It is essential that existing labour organizations expand into areas of their industries or sectors that are digital.

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By: Jesse Hirsh

Future Tools: OBS Studio

2 years ago 5 min read Future Tools streaming Open Source social media Video conferencing

In today’s issue of Future Tools, let’s take a look at an essential piece of free and open source software, OBS Studio, which has become a key utility in the growing genre or industry of streaming content producers.

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By: Jesse Hirsh

The radical benefits of virtual participation

2 years ago 7 min read Video conferencing social media Rural participatory Learning Internet Education

We tend to have a false collective assumption that health is binary. Either we’re healthy, or we’re sick. If we’re sick, we should be fixed, so we can be healthy again. Otherwise if we remain sick, we’re broken, and then tend to be marginalized by society and sometimes forgotten.

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By: Jesse Hirsh

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