CULTURE

Elon Musk Twitter Acquisition Speech Moderation Problems

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05 November 2022 21h53

That was quoting @reckless in this fantastic article https://
theverge.com/2022/10/28/234
28132/elon-musk-twitter-acquisition-problems-speech-moderation
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→ View original post on X — @emollick

Murray Davis’s 12 Criteria for Theory Interestingness and Innovation

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05 November 2022 20h22

The 12 things that make a theory interesting, as classically listed by Murray Davis in a 1971 article, also can serve other purposes: like deciding what is a good topic for a popular article, or as a guide for finding disruptive ideas for the future. …
https://proseminarcro
ssnationalstudies.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/thatsi
nteresting_1971.pdf
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Debirdify Tool Maps Twitter Users Migrating to Mastodon

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05 November 2022 19h14

OK, debirdify is very neat. Ran it against my own Twitter account just now and it found 341 people I follow on Twitter who are now advertising their identities on Mastodon

Rich Acquisition Impact on Online Communities and Trust Dynamics

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05 November 2022 17h12

My problem isn't that it was bought by a rich guy, it's all of the things that particular rich guy has said and done about it in just the first week since taking over Communities are delicate, complex things Did you read the thread about the trust thermocline?

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Culture Sustainability in AI Development Questioned

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05 November 2022 17h09

Yeah, not totally clear how sustainable it is. But the culture seems to be pretty good for now.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Management: Irreversible Damage Assessment

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05 November 2022 16h12

"Maybe Elon will mess up Twitter, but probably not" was my position a week ago Nothing he has said or done in the past week has supported the idea that he's not going to keep causing irreversible damage Did you see the thread about the trust thermocline?

Building Tools Responsibly: Ethics of Dual-Use Technology

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05 November 2022 15h40

I've built tools (like Django) that can be used for truly evil things, and I hate that If Mastodon had been explicitly designed to support evil behaviour I would reject it This particular case feels more to me like rejecting email software because that can be used for evil too