↪ Replying to @NateRothstein
@NateRothstein @benthompson Thanks Nate! I think I get it now :)
It's always my worry that if we use language to separate people from their embodiment and space the risk is always greater of treating them as cogs rather than complex beings with complex needs.
@NateRothstein @benthompson I do realise this is not at all what Ben intends (I'm a fan) so I really wanted to explore the premise of the statement as I was seeing it in several places in my feeds.
If you're making it hard to opt out, you don't believe in your own product. If you don't believe in your own product, why should anyone else?
↪ Replying to @benthompson
@benthompson Thanks for responding Ben. I realise the weakness of not having heard the full context of the quote. Not sure I still get it though. From my perspective work _is_ affected by the physical location, and hence often very relevant. Not acknowledging this removes significant info.
The fact that you're at home can matter sooo much. Ergonomics, connection speed, annoyances, solitude, loneliness, getting chores done in breaks. Managing child dropoffs and pickups. Food/transport savings.
Not sure why it's important to de-emphasise "home"? @benthompson x.com/mpv/status/146…
“Rio calls them micro-entrepreneurs. In the most extreme scenario, she’s seen individuals manage as many as 11,000 Facebook accounts on their own.”
Brilliant reporting. Follow the money. x.com/_KarenHao/stat…
Obviously, read the book. But this is also an invaluable thread by Abeba. x.com/Abebab/status/…
↪ Replying to @KeyaArati
@KeyaArati Thanks Keya. I also have a paid subscription to Spotify. My question concerns those who have access to pay a subscription fee for premium podcasts in Spotify.
support.spotify.com/us/article/pod…
Do I know anyone with a paid subscription to a podcast on Spotify who could clarify if this is an opt-in situation in the purchase process? x.com/NiemanLab/stat…
↪ Replying to @lillerik
@lillerik @nikkelin Om man blir betalande prenumerant på en podd, så är det sannolikt i köp-ögonblicket som man får godkänna detta?
Jag missförstod detta först och trodde att bara man följde en podd så delades information. Så verkar inte vara fallet.
↪ Replying to @beantin
@beantin @NiemanLab So you mean subscriber indicates that it is someone paying for that podcast specifically?
↪ Replying to @DorotheaBaur
@DorotheaBaur I publish on my own website. In fact, I often require the possibility for me to publish "the thing" on my own website after some time. Too much content has a tendency to disappear after a few years. I want that control back.
A bot I’m following. x.com/citizenbrowser…
I’m sometimes asked about the overlap of ethics and accessibility. Simple answer: it’s perfectly possible to make an unethical website accessible.
Ironically, it would be unethical to not make the unethical website accessible.
We all have the same right to be bamboozled.
Readworthy content in latest issue of @thecontinent_ on how Facebook is being used to exacerbate harm in the ongoing civil war in Ethiopia.
It's the first African publication to obtain access to the thousands of documents leaked by Frances Haugen.
There is a lot of content on Ethiopia in this issue, but also an African perspective on climate crisis activism. I highly recommend subscribing to @thecontinent_ for weekly, well-written insights from the world's second largest continent.
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@FrejaeID Hej! Hur långt har ni kommit med att kunna erbjuda eid för personer utan svenskt personnummer? Kan jag läsa mer om detta någonstans?
↪ Replying to @olssonm
@olssonm Väldigt ledsamt. För några år sedan upptäckte jag liknande med en person jag aldrig träffat (vision/mål kopierat till deras sajt). Jag mejlade och frågade vad de höll på med och de pudlade och bad om ursäkt och plockade bort inom en timme. Men vansinnigt tråkigt att det pågår.
@olssonm Kan också vara värt att påminna förövaren om att det kan vara direkt skadligt för dig, då sökmotorer och andra algoritmer ju flaggar dubblerat innehåll och båda parter blir lidande av försämrad synlighet.
If you know anything about the history of Oompa Loompas in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, these types of "humoristic" alert messages come across as ignorant and narrow-minded.
This is from @revue but they are not alone in "Oompa-jokes".
theconversation.com/from-pygmies-t…
«In the first edition of Charlie (1964), the Oompa-Loompas are black pygmies who Wonka imports from “the deepest and darkest part of the African jungle” and enslaves in his factory.»
theconversation.com/from-pygmies-t…
Sensitivity reading should ideally be made part of the design process.
bookmachine.org/2019/01/15/sen…
↪ Replying to @unknown
@martynkelly Thanks, that link led me astray but I think this is the article you were shooting for? bbc.com/news/world-eur…
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@Loukas_RS
@Loukas_RS Related: if you haven’t seen Free Guy it’s worth a watch.
↪ Replying to @unknown
@Loukas_RS Given that we can not, I’m not sure it matters?
