The Internet is CrackJun 15, 2025

🎧 The Profit Pervert Problem

Even indie platforms sell out once scale kicks in.
Data mining. Microtargeted ads. Profit over people.
We spoke with Alice E. Marwick from Data & Society about how the internet rewards exploitation—and why civil discourse keeps failing.

🔗 Full episode: https://youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0

#SurveillanceCapitalism #TheInternetIsCrack #AliceMarwick #PlatformGreed #DigitalEthics #DataAndSociety

The Internet is CrackJun 10, 2025

The internet used to target “public figures.” Now it targets everyone.

In this episode of The Internet is Crack, we speak with Alice Marwick about the myth of online immunity. As jobs and identities become public by default, everyday people are thrust into the same algorithmic spotlight once reserved for the famous.

Listen to the full episode:
https://youtu.be/VQvzxDak_Z0

#FediEthics #DigitalPublic #AliceMarwick #TechEthics #Podcast #DataAndSociety #OnlineHarassment #InternetCulture

Norshgaath Feb 20, 2025

Data is not a currency. It is not a commodity.

It is the immaterial output of a system, a structure, a society.

And should be studied like that, away from exploitation of different financial bubbles like genAI and cryptoz.

#datascience #data #dataAndSociety

Show threadCory DoctorowApr 25, 2023

The episode elucidates her study of Amazon sellers for #DataAndSociety, "Amazon’s Trickle-Down Monopoly: Third Party Sellers and the Transformation of Small Businesses":

https://datasociety.net/library/amazons-trickle-down-monopoly/

As the sale of all kinds of merchandise is retooled for Amazon delivery, every other retailer finds it harder to stay in business.

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Amazon's Trickle-Down Monopoly

In this report, Moira Weigel tells the story of a group of hidden intermediaries who have played key roles in making Amazon one of the most powerful corporations in the world, while remaining mostly invisible to customers: third-party (3P) sellers.

Data & Society
Alex TaylorNov 14, 2022
Hello #hci folks. Any recommendations from #cscw2022 especially on #dataPractices #dataWork #dataAndSociety #AISociety etc?
Alter EgoMar 25, 2019

Consejos para detectar una cuenta impostora en Redes Sociales (bots)

https://social.isurf.ca/photos/alterego/image/13696271195c98f2b58af90625944040La organización Data & Societypublicó un informe recientemente con una serie de consejos para no caer en la manipulación que algunas empresas de marketing político practican en las redes sociales. Para identificar si un perfil es falso y se dedica a la propaganda, el estudio hacía las siguientes recomendaciones:
Localiza la fecha en la que se abrió la cuenta.Mira cuántos tuits/toots/publicaciones ha hecho desde la fecha de inicio de la cuenta.Observa los adjuntos (imágenes, vídeos, enlaces) y busca si los ha publicado varias veces.Ten en cuenta la fecha de la última publicación o actividad y si la cuenta ha estado inactiva.Si dice ser una cuenta oficial, busca la página web oficial de esa persona o institución para hacer una referencia cruzada y confirmar que es esa. https://social.isurf.ca/display/c443a55c-145c-98f2-f9c9-3b7345319080

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