Loving my world clock. It makes me reflect on all my friends across the world.
This should hopefully surprise fewer and fewer people. twitter.com/harrybr/status/1307945…
Here's Vinay running tests on that Twitter bias. While I believe the first dataset isn't necessarily representative of real-world examples (always plain white backgrounds in this data) it's good that more tests are being run and that it's open source. x.com/vinayprabhu/st…
Twitter are also going to open source their work: x.com/lizkelley/stat…
One big issue for me is also the lack of user control in this.
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@designdrunkard No need to apologise! I enjoy understanding different perspectives. This time we were on the same page though :)
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@designdrunkard True. I also think many treatments to addictions specifically are assisted by finding another activity to spend that time on. And we certainly don't spend enough time considering what activities do promote our wellbeing.
Twitter is not perfect for nuances ☺️
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@designdrunkard Is this the way you are interpreting my tweet?
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@Pasquale_Stella @wheelyweb True, this would be an interesting creature to map.
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@wheelyweb This is in fact exactly the type of reflection I"m after, but it was interesting to see how many interpreted it as one technical tool replacing another rather than the human need it fulfilled and "made better".
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@DesignEducation @YasmineEvjen @unnderbar @annalundqvist @JaredFossey @design_sweden @RAMIROOBLITAS ❤️ Right back acha.
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@gfscstudio @PlaceCal Thanks for this perspective. Will be useful when I hopefully blog about this.
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@gfscstudio @PlaceCal For me it's the same question. :)
For me it's the same question. On a high level I think of it as a tradeoff between intimacy and the perceived value of efficiently maintaining as many relationships as possible.
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@gfscstudio @PlaceCal The majority of people on Facebook have never heard of these platforms I believe. For most, this is not what Facebook replaced.
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@Fabien_UX Similar for me. Though I did find many contacts online before FB (via search engines and school alumni sites). So I'm not sure I would be as categorical as to say I would _never_ have heard from them without FB specifically.
@Fabien_UX Without FB I am now running a newsletter for family and close friends. For me, it has added to the level of intimacy with the people who matter most to me.
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@MarMurube I'm not sure FB replaced any of these for me. Instead it added immensely to the number of people I was in contact with, giving me a sense of efficiency and illusion of value. In some ways it replaced intimacy.
I know it did replace hours of reading books for me.
I believe the most important question for people asking what they can replace Facebook with is this: what did Facebook replace?
And work from there.
Many of you went straight for the digital tool when thinking about the answer to this. For millions of people there was no digital tool prior to Facebook. I'd consider the human needs, relationships and activities that the tool replaced. What is better, what is lost.
Sometimes we can replace one activity that is damaging to our wellbeing with a completely different activity. Sometimes we find ourselves too dependent and need help to break loose. Sometimes we have to summon energy to fight. Everyone's situation is different.
I'm not a 'prepper' yet but stacking firewood in anticipation of winter is hugely satisfying.
Please don't diss my stacking skills…
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@kolombiken Interesting. I get that when I view individual tweets but not when I view the thread with the top tweet marked (in the Twitter app).
Jfc... read this thread. And click images to view full images. Twitter's algorithms are doing the same thing (choosing to show what they are programmed to consider as valuable in the image). twitter.com/colinmadland/status/13…
Some books uncover and expose problems (Do read Shoshana Zuboff's Surveillance Capitalism). I believe other books are integrated with the problems...
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