Per Axbom Twitter

People don’t generally have time to listen to why I avoid using Zoom for meetings, but now I wrote this blog post to not miss any points. Imagine all the time I’ll save! 😅

axbom.blog/avoid-zoom/

In my research for this post I came across one aspect I’d previously missed. Apparently teachers often post photos on Twitter of their Zoom classes without consent from students.

Zoom was retweeting these to give them more visibility. 🤦

Zoom got off without paying a fine here and now:
businessinsider.com/zoom-ftc-lawsu…

A reminder that Zoom still hasn't published the transparency report they promised on June 30.

techcrunch.com/2020/07/01/zoo…

Of course, moral concern is never a prerequisite for profit. As long as the right people are benefitting they sadly won't object on behalf of those on the sidelines.

mashable.com/article/zoom-e…

And here is the reward for all these harmful, misleading actions. Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom, is now one of the 100 richest people in the world (he was already a billionaire before Covid-19).

cnbc.com/2020/12/24/zoo…

🔗 Originally posted on Twitter

Per Axbom Twitter

Good thread on @SocialDilemma_ - Shoshana changed my mind on several points. Her point about misinformation in a doc about misinformation is 🔥 We need to define addiction, marketing and advertising when talking about them. And obvi not let these dudes control the narrative! x.com/swodinsky/stat…

To be clear, these were not the points I changed my mind on ;) I never thought these guys should control the narrative. 😑

I wrote about the need to nuace 'tech addiction' last year.

axbom.blog/tech-addiction/

What she did change my mind on was Lanier's description of gradual changes in behavior being the product. We also need to remember that we still carry autonomy. Our sense of wellbeing is part of a larger societal picture and the success of these platforms are not in a vacuum.

Also, Don Draper. None of this is new. But the power is globalized, centralized and with more privacy issues. I always think of it as as the extreme version of Hidden Persuaders (that 1957 book by Vance Packard).

🔗 Originally posted on Twitter