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> We instinctively think that 8kun is “worse” than Facebook because its users are free to post the worst content imaginable, and because they are terribly imaginative, do. It feels like 8kun must be “worse” because its content is worse — what is permitted, and what actually is posted. But Facebook is in fact far worse, because […]

> Disinformation has always been about getting elites to do things. That’s the point that so many who have looked at what percentage of ppl saw what on Facebook have missed. The public isn’t a target — it’s a vector (and it’s not the only vector). [source](https://hapgood.us/2021/01/03/when-it-comes-to-disinformation-the-public-is-a-vector-not-a-target/)

> Though Slack improved the areas where e-mail was lacking in an age of high message volume, it simultaneously amplified the rate at which this interaction occurs. Data gathered by the software firm RescueTime estimate that employees who use Slack check communications tools more frequently than non-users, accessing them once every five minutes on average—an […]

> If you have a job, you might lose it. If you don’t, you might find one. So, we stay. Even if it sucks.  [source](https://divinations.substack.com/p/linkedins-alternate-universe)

> Instead of asking what might go wrong, in a pre-mortem we assume that the project has failed, and the question is what did go wrong. The difference might appear subtle, but the change in mindset is actually profound. This illusion of outcome certainty makes it safe for those who are knowledgeable about the initiative and concerned about its weaknesses but […]

> Bacardi Jackson, a senior supervising attorney for children’s rights for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said designating those kids as potential criminals could have a “circular effect.” They would likely receive even more attention from school resource officers and as a result, face additional discipline. [source](https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2020/investigations/police-pasco-sheriff-targeted/school-data/)

> Most cisgender people are unaware of the fact that the millimeter wave scanners operate according to a binary and cis-normative gender construct; most trans* people know, because it directly affects our lives. [source](https://design-justice.pubpub.org/pub/ap8rgw5e/release/1?from=8018&to=8227)

> While the philanthropic community is rightly focused on countering surveillance and limiting the power of platforms through legislation, this agenda runs the risk of continually “playing defense” without offering an affirmative vision to work toward. This critical defensive work needs to be complemented with a wave of funding focused on experimentation around what might […]

> Like any tool, Slack is a learned skill. DeLanghe says Slack has employees who start without prior experience of the software, or who are used to using desk phones. And while much of the company’s informal policies and tricks are covered during the onboarding process, she always recommends having a safeguard as well. > […]

> It was not an arrow on the ground, pointing to a clue in a wall. It was just some random bits of wood. They did not discover an arrow. They created it. They saw random pieces of wood and applied their intelligence to it, and this is everything.It’s easy for people to forget that […]