#BBC: "Our latest Projections report, The #SocialInternet, takes a wide perspective, asking how #socialmedia and social networks shape the environment within which the BBC operates and what possibilities they create for delivering new forms of public value, as well as many risks.

The number of different tools and platforms offering social features is large and growing, and so rather than offer a single, definitive vision of a likely future the aim is to identify common themes from the interviews and share ideas about how things might come to be in the coming years in order to enhance our understanding of and engagement with the social internet."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-06-social-media-change-issues-problems-report/

Where is the social internet taking us?

Report: An emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.

I got this link in the middle of last night, did not share :( so I cannot properly thank the original sharer. Anyway, it is an important report, so read it. @strypey , you may find it useful, I hope.
#Fediverse #SocialInterNet
Exploring a transition to alternative social media platforms for social justice organizations in the Majority World
New report on alternative social media

Exploring a transition to alternative social media platforms for social justice organizations in the Majority World

The Engine Room

"Acclaimed Washington Post reporter @taylorlorenz presents a groundbreaking social history of the internet—revealing how online influence and the creators who amass it have reshaped our world, online and off."

#ExtremelyOnline: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the #Internet

https://newbooksnetwork.com/extremely-online

#SocialMedia #SocialInternet #Influencers #InfluencerCulture #TaylorLorenz #books

Podcast | Taylor Lorenz, "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame,…

Taylor Lorenz, "Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet" (Simon & Schuster, 2023)

New Books Network

"Blocking People in Real Life" - Tom Scott speaks at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail, June 2017

  https://youtu.be/fq7oauciBdc

8 minutes 47 seconds video

#fz_webVideos / #Blocking #SocialInteraction #SocialInternet #SpeculativeFuturism

Blocking People in Real Life: Tom Scott at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail

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