Victor PickardNov 18, 2022

One small silver lining to the Twitter debacle is that it's forcing people to think about the political economy of platforms. Calls for structural alternatives based on cooperative governance and public ownership are increasingly common.

Hopefully Twitter's collapse will lead to a more expansive conversation about the relationships between capitalist imperatives and the communication/information needs of democratic societies. Are they compatible? What are the alternatives?

Show threadErrol SalamonNov 18, 2022
@victorpickard I was also thinking along these lines, along with forcing people to think more about the labor that goes to into the organization of platforms and the workers who make our platforms function.
Show threadVictor Pickard
@errolsalamon Yes! All key structural relationships that are typically overlooked -- until moments of crisis!
Nov 18, 2022 at 3:30pmWeb