Reading through the GNU Free Software philosophy once again, I wonder whether, right now in the current disputes surrounding Facebook, Twitter, Mastodon and the quest for a more “open” social network environment, we might need just something like the GNU philosophy for social networks, too? I mean, after all, having “open-source” social network implementations like
Tagsocialnetworks
Changing networking behaviour, two weeks later
In light of #deletefacebook, I spent the last two weeks trying to change my behaviour in working with social networks and online media to make less use of “large” established services and be more careful about tools and technologies I access on a daily basis, or even more frequently. It’s been (and still is) an
#deletefacebook won’t fix anything.
Ok, here we go again… Following the Cambridge Analytics ‘incident’, almost predictably we see #deletefacebook popping up all across most of the social media channel, with several more or less familiar names out there stating that perhaps now it’s time to completely delete your account on worlds biggest social media platform and move elsewhere. It
Offenheit und Alternativen im Cloud-Zeitalter?
Aus bekannten Gründen habe ich mich in den letzten Tagen wieder recht intensiv mit offenen Kommunikationskanälen, Messengern, sozialen Netzen und dergleichen beschäftigt, mich durch meine zahllosen Accounts geklickt und letztlich resigniert wieder davon abgelassen. Es kostet Zeit, ist anstrengend und bringt an vielen Stellen nichts. Das gegenwärtige Durcheinander mit diesen Tools resultiert vorrangig aus der