This is the most beautiful piece of content I have consumed in a long time. If you give it a listen, do it away from your devices. Make a conscious decision to give it your attention. Perhaps even with your eyes closed. open.thecorrespondent.com/603/now-listen…
Ultimately many will reckon with this question: am I willing to give up, even oppose, something that provides me huge benefits to support those who are harmed by the same thing?
Introspection and value-finding can lead to answers that support one's own wellbeing.
People are saying you're the product. I believe that's a bit too simplistic. I think Jaron Lanier nails it:
"It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your behavior and perception that is the product."
It's about autonomy.
(Yes I'm watching @SocialDilemma_ )
Reminded of the quote "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Tim Kendall: "It's plain as day to me. These services are killing people. And causing people to kill themselves."
(former President of Pinterest, former Director of Monetization at Facebook, former Product Manager at Amazon)
Good walkthrough by @jeffseibert:
"Simply put, these aspects of today’s global chaos are each a direct, rational result of trying to make money from ads."
medium.com/@jeff_seibert/…
This is a good time to share @mariafarrell's The Prodigal Techbro. conversationalist.org/2020/03/05/the…
This piece by @gleemie and @ruchowdh is also ever timely and relevant.
wired.com/story/tech-nee…
Focusing instead on how existing inequalities intersect with technology would have opened up space for a different and more productive conversation.
slate.com/technology/202…
Perspective from Safiya Noble: twitter.com/safiyanoble/status/130…
Alternative trailer… 😬 twitter.com/rachelwenitsky/status/…
This March was the first time I watched myself along with the audience at a conference. It was at UX Copenhagen, a conference that during a pandemic outbreak managed to move online in record time and without a glitch. A hugely impressive feat in the beginning of this year.
I had written a new talk for this conference and beginning in a story of abuse I try to provide a framework for thinking about compassion and care online, drawing from the field of medical ethics. I called the talk First, Design No Harm.
Organizer extraordinaire Helle Martens recently published the talk on the UX Copenhagen YouTube channel.
Huge thank you to everyone supporting me as I keep exploring and sharing within the realm of ethics in design and digital.
#digitalethics #designethics #onlineabuse
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@palace Dito! Och då ska jag också på restaurang ikväll :)
Ooooh, time to pay taxes!
Free university, social insurance, 480 days parental benefit per child, universal healthcare, free dental until 23yo. It’s not perfect - never will be - but it’s a good direction. Paying taxes is cool. 😎
Reminded of my late mother-in-law getting a call from a company offering to help her with tax avoidance techniques. Her response: “No thank you, I love paying taxes.” And hung up (which at that time was a more embodied experience of slamming a handset down on a switch hook).
We have a world full of processes that create no value. But if we keep making these valueless processes more efficient we can create the illusion of value. The illusion of value makes the world go round. And under.
Welcome to the future. twitter.com/norareed/status/130430…
So Mandy Patinkin made me cry this morning. Did not see that coming. 😭 x.com/PatinkinMandy/…
'Taking many forms — from violent threats and digital surveillance to sexual harassment and the sharing of intimate images without permission — online abuse can have a devastating mental and physical toll on women and girls.' x.com/webfoundation/…
As abuse skyrockets, platforms are less and less able to deal with reports, and "social media moderators have been sent home, making content moderation more dependent on imperfect artificial intelligence tools. "We have fewer people available to review reports" says Instagram.
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@snetramelleh @movie_pundit x.com/uxpodcast/stat…
I’m proud to be a supporter of @The_Corres
Love the new Correspondent audio app as well. And this thread by Tanmoy made me double my annual payment. x.com/toymango/statu…
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@mrmacleod @VismeApp To be continued ;)
At least they alert you and allow you to cancel completely before billing starts again.
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@fireball_studio The first thing you see on your start page: fireball.studio
1. Noticed that Facebook are updating their terms on October 1. They mention section 3.2: “What you can share and do on Facebook”. So I assumed it has to do with removing harmful content within the context of current criticism.
I did a text comparison.
2. As it turns out, this line is added:
“We also can remove or restrict access to your content, services or information if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts to Facebook.”
That’s it. That’s the change.
3. Translation: if it risks affecting Facebook negatively, they can remove or restrict access to your content.
I read this as: It’s not about you or the wellbeing of others, it’s about us and our ability to do as we like with your content to avoid litigation and _regulation_…
4. The primary thing that surprises me is that this was not in there already…
5. Here is a link to the new terms if you want to have look yourself: facebook.com/legal/terms/pr…
And the current terms:
facebook.com/legal/terms
@fireball_studio Heads up that you have a spelling mistake on your banner ;)
EVEY DAY COUNTS.
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@Acuity_Design Thanks Alastair. Added to my player.