One could argue that today's mainstream social media critique has finally
caught up with the critical media theory of 10-15 years ago. The major
arguments have already been made in, among others, Wendy Chun's "Control
and Freedom" from 2005. Today's social media critique is a simplified,
*Dear nettimers: I have the warmest and kindliest feelings about Geert’s
remarks and about the list itself, which is lively lately. On mature
consideration, I feel that I have to extensively annotate this Lovink post.
*I'll try to be constructive.
From: Geert Lovink
Dear all,
social media
so should facebook pay us basic income? i think some ft editorialist argued
as much. but that would mean putting fb on a utility-like pedestal. i m no
media theorist and so forgive me for intruding, but i wonder how the latest
tweak to the fb algorithm (less news, more cousins) will affect
Before leaving Facebook, here's the bill.
USD 350,000,000,000,000
Three hundred Fifty Thousand Billion Dollar
Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook.
Hi Mark!
Best wishes and congratulations on your good resolutions 2018!
1) you tell us you have realized that "with the rise of a
