Gregory's ServerIn 2021, Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci and I released a free book, An Illustrated Field Guide to Social Media. In 2024, we'll be releasing a revised edition with MIT Press... and you can help us shape the new book, article by article: https://publicinfrastructure.org/2023/11/06/field-guide-social-media-coming-soon-mit-press/
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@cybeardjm Yeah, fair enough. I'm trying to decide who I'd want to reach out to for African voices. It's something I'll bring to colleagues at Global Voices.  Thx @ethanz In any case, if I can be of any help,.. I'm living on the continent, wrote some posts (most in French, and have more to do) on FreeBasics, MVNOs, Mobile Money, Fintech and digital Africa...  @ethanz I was hoping to see sections for: @erlend Thanks, Erlend - those are good suggestions. While Chand and I both have CS backgrounds, we're trying to write this from more of a social science POV, so sections like Protocols might not work. But I an see how a deliberate discussion of lock in and exit could be very helpful.  @ethanz A section on manipulation (various rotations on the idea—platforms acting on users, open and covert third parties including companies, influence orgs, and nation-states acting on users and platforms, users acting on platforms) would be extremely welcome. |
Hi @ethanz - in the "Countries/Regions" section, nothing on the African continent as a whole? From Facebook's FreeBasics to disinformation, from ubiquitous Whatsapp use to mobile as the main way to access the "Web", through social media... social e-commerce during the first Covid lockdown, the battle(s) for the submarine cables, scammers, etc.
There's IMHO a lot to explore...