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the costs of Social Media
The costs of the Fediverse must be seen in the light of, and understanding, the revenue of Big Tech social media platforms. These have very little relation to the cost of the actual social network services they provide.
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Algoritmes zijn een symptoom, dit is de oorzaak
Kinderen bescherm je niet door een verbod op sociale media, en niet door het beperken van algoritmes. Het probleem is het verdienmodel dat is gebaseerd op geïsoleerde sociale media.
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LinkedIn, Nobody Likes You
[read this post on my blog] Everybody hates LinkedIn. Me too. There are many reasons for that, most of which I do not need to tell you about. I want to focus here one reason in particular, illustrated by the image below: The 10 rows with blue and white buttons are crops of individual screen…
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The Fediverse Loves Democracy
Why interoperability is the Fediverse’ feature that facilitates freedom and democracy
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Dear Musician, You Want to Relax your Records’ License
I have enjoyed playing in quite some bands. Sometimes, I have ran into discussions with fellow musicians about copyrights. In these discussions, I advocate releasing music under relaxed licenses, but I meet strong resistance from peers who believe that their music must be protected by copyright. I plan to write a post about the musicians’…
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I made an R Package
and it’s on CRAN This is a bit of an odd post. This time, I don’t present my crazy interesting opinion about something in the digital social world. Instead, I show some of my work with a bit of pride. R is my native programming language (yes, I know some say it’s not a programming…
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Nog steeds vrienden die geen Signal willen?
#signal #tips #overstappen Hier een poging te begrijpen waarom, en vooral een rijtje argumentatie-suggesties. Waarom? Iedereen zou z’n best moeten doen om geïnformeerde keuzes omtrent software. Niemand koopt zomaar de eerste de beste fiets, krant of regenjas die iemand hem of haar aanbiedt. Toch zijn er best veel mensen die precies dat doen als het…
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Why I have a blog
So, here is my own corner of the internet where I share my opinions and knowledge about things. Why? There are 3 advantages to this situation relative to posting my humble brags on LinkedIn. So, welcome to read, or not. I like writing it!