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social media and journalism researcher at http://bit.ly/qutdmrc - views are my own

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👇 This, from that Dorsey interview, is so revealing. For him, decentralisation and federation just to avoid liability - or as normal people might put it, not having to worry about hurting individuals and society by carrying harmful, abusive, illegal content. 🤮

https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

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BREAKING: Saudi Arabian dictator's obviously vapourware project turns out to be vapourware, obviously.
https://theconversation.com/the-scaling-back-of-saudi-arabias-proposed-urban-mega-project-sends-a-clear-warning-to-other-would-be-utopias-227852

snurb, to random
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📰 In light of <waves hands expansively>, I spoke to Kate Lyons at @guardianaus about the continuing decline of Xitter the other day:

The demise of Twitter: how a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/28/the-demise-of-twitter-how-a-utopian-vision-for-social-media-became-a-toxic-mess

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🖨️ I've been asked so much recently about the future of news on Facebook in Australia that I've tried to organise my thoughts in a new blog post.

And I've also finally shared my foreword for @dhutchman's new book, about the and the 2021 news ban.

https://snurb.info/node/2960

snurb,
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Yeah, OK, I guess you can try that. 🍿
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/04/albanese-labor-government-force-meta-carry-news-facebook-michelle-rowland

Reupping my previous post for context…

snurb, to prog
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Right, so in a surprise inversion of my recent posts about double albums that should have been single albums, here’s one that’s long enough for a double but somehow managed to fit on a single CD.

snurb,
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I still don’t understand how this is even possible. I always thought there was a nominal maximum length of 74 minutes for CDs (because Mr Sony loved Beethoven), and a hard physical limit around 80 minutes. First I’ve seen to go well above that… 😲

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Ermagherd, Armaguard.
<that’s it, that’s the tweet/skeet/toot>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-28/armaguard-rejects-funding-deal-cash-transport-future-banks-coles/103643674

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Wheee, just had a quick chat with ABC News Radio about Instagram downranking 'political' content. This follows on from my comments in that @abcnews story on the same topic yesterday (👋 @qutdmrc):
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-26/instagram-limiting-political-content-threatens-democracy/103629990

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Whoever is actually behind this, there’s an even chance Putin will instrumentalise this to further cement his dictatorship in the same way that the Reichstag fire was instrumentalised.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-23/attack-on-moscow-concert-hall-crocus-city-hall/103623492

snurb, to random
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Why are Australian media reporting Trump’s Rudd slur as anything other than a kneejerk reaction to being told that someone he’d never heard of before had criticised him ?

The real scandal here is how quickly David Littletobeproudof has jumped on the anti-Australian bandwagon.

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(If you told Trump that Zaphod Beeblebrox had called him the worst president in the galaxy, Trump would’ve called Zaphod a total loser and a bit soft in the head, too… It’s. What. He. Does. When. Challenged. 🙄)

snurb,
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It’s always projection.
It’s always projection.
It’s always projection.
(HT @jeffjarvis.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/20/donald-trump-dementia-father-fred-alzheimers-biden/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzEwOTA3MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzEyMjg5NTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTA5MDcyMDAsImp0aSI6IjIxMTYzYmMyLTJiZjAtNDEyMS1iMTRiLWUxMDFmYTRjZmNlMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI0LzAzLzIwL2RvbmFsZC10cnVtcC1kZW1lbnRpYS1mYXRoZXItZnJlZC1hbHpoZWltZXJzLWJpZGVuLyJ9.xS37AoUqWalAEi2S9U6Q9PPuJo3yEk8cfIZmhoIjUes&itid=gfta

snurb, to random
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🟥🟨🌊 This is such a valuable beach safety piece. ABC News should be posting this up at the start of every summer season, not at the end of one.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-09/what-is-a-rip-at-the-beach-and-how-to-stay-safe/103431638

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😣 Literally everyone (except perhaps the hapless Josh Frydenberg) saw this one coming:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/01/facebook-news-tab-shut-down-end-australia-journalism-funding-deals

For some analysis on why Meta doesn't care one whit about news on Facebook, here's some @qutdmrc research @antmandan and I prepared earlier:
https://youtu.be/t7do_jswe98?si=DUCUqcmPiMA1i5h1

snurb,
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I may be overly polemic here, but I guess NewsCorp will now need to find a business model that doesn't depend on having government force a more profitable business to hand over part of its revenue. Good luck, I guess.

snurb, to random
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Just wondering: is the Tucker Putinson thing the first time that an FSB asset‘s meeting with his handler has been televised ?

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"Filter bubble" is the meme that won't die, despite being debunked (see: @snurb's Are Filter Bubbles Real?). In the end, it's snobbery about voices heard online, not algorithms.
Can You Escape the Algorithm? ‘Filterworld’ Gives It a Try
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/books/review/filterworld-kyle-chayka.html?smid=tw-share

snurb,
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@Beeks @jeffjarvis No. Not in any definition of the word that doesn’t actually simply mean ‘community’, anyway.

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Aaah, that sweet smell of chicken poutine...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-23/yekaterina-duntsova-barred-from-running-against-putin-election/103262112

snurb, to random
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Not to alarm anyone, but I think there may be a storm coming. 🌩️🌩️🌩️

A storm approaches with plenty of lightning in the clouds.

snurb,
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@liampomfret So there’s rain in it ? All we’ve had here so far is a very slow-moving light show. No wind at all, and can’t even hear the thunder yet. (This is halfway between Maroochydore and Noosa.)

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Ahaha, autocorrect just tried to change Surfers Paradise to Sufferers Paradise. 🤣

snurb, to random
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Really excellent opening keynote by Maria Bargh at – here’s my liveblog:
https://snurb.info/node/2917

snurb,
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About to present our paper on social media and the news during the recent Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia, on behalf of Katharina Esau and team. Slides are up here if you want to follow along:
https://snurb.info/node/2921

snurb,
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Just finished a really synergistic panel on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia, also featuring my @qutdmrc colleague @samvilkins and me:
https://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/214

snurb,
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🙏 Many thanks to all of you who watched and responded to my keynote on the slow death of Twitter. There was quite a lot to work though, so if you missed anything or want the background detail, here are the slides:
https://snurb.info/node/2924

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