Tag: media platforms

• The frantic, unprecedented race to save 700,000 NSFW Tumblrs for posterity

  April 4, 2019

  GeoCities, Vine, Friendster–communities live, thrive, and often die on the net. But the two-week timeframe in which content will disappear from Tumblr is unprecedented, says Jason Scott. https://www.fastcompany.com/90279321/the-frantic-unprecedented-race-to-save-700000-nsfw-tumblr-for-posterity more ›

• When the Web Loses Its Memory

  April 4, 2019

  Diana poured her passionate fandom into Thorvaenn, her Tumblr account, for years. Marvel and Thor in particular became the primary focus for the GIFs she made, for her meticulous recommendations,… more ›

• Porn companies are embracing crowdfunding

  April 4, 2019

  The flood of free porn online has made things hard for professionals who are looking to make a living. For every video-on-demand service, there are dozens of free alternatives and… more ›

• Workplace automation will hit women harder than men

  April 3, 2019

  Today, unlike in the past, workers can meetings from anywhere, or control complex production processes with the push of a button. Technology has dramatically altered what it means for many… more ›

• The Chinese takeover of Indian app ecosystem

  April 1, 2019

  For those trying to make sense of the Chinese dominance of the Indian app ecosystem, these are familiar statements. Yet, until about a year or a little more ago, these… more ›

• Mark Zuckerberg

  April 1, 2019

  This year I’m hosting a series of discussions about the future of technology and society. This time I sat down with Mathias Döpfner in Berlin. He started… https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10107028379388161 more ›

• Warner Signs Algorithm to Record Deal

  March 26, 2019

  Skip to main contentTagsSigningIndustry NewsVideoWTF https://pitchfork.com/news/warner-signs-algorithm-to-record-deal/ more ›

• Q&A: Instagram’s New Head of Product, Vishal Shah

  March 24, 2019

  Instagram’s new product chief talks about the app’s new push into e-commerce and life after the departure of Instagram’s two cofounders. https://medium.com/cheddar/q-a-instagrams-new-head-of-product-vishal-shah-8ebba9241591 more ›

• SoundCrowd: Tokenizing & Collectivizing Soundcloud

  March 21, 2019

  I’ve been thinking about this a lot since the recent, somewhat unsurprising, news of Soundcloud’s troubles. My intention is to put these thoughts out there, but also to run a… more ›

• Protocols: Duty, Despair and Decentralisation transcript

  March 21, 2019

  Just dumping the transcript from this talk given at CTM:Persistence here, if you prefer to read stuff. The end gets messy as it was largely adlibbed. Gratitude to Liz Pelly,… more ›