Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@Vinncent In fairness I did not really get it myself until a few years ago (many tech reporters did get it!), but yes there was real overlap bw the era when "tech coverage" meant gadget reviews and the era when social platforms were credibly linked to incidents of mass collective violence — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@Vinncent It's amazing how quickly they moved from "we are liberating human consciousness" (2006-2015) to "look if this is what makes people click, they must like it" (2016-2018) to "the media only reports on the consequences of our products because it gets them hate clicks" (2019-now) — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@Vinncent It's amazing how many truly talented minds, in cutting-edge fields with blue-sky possibilities, are dedicating their professional lives to exactly these products — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

These numbers were not inevitable, and they're not normal. Each of those 178,400 is a name and a story that was cut short. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I am writing a book on this, which is why it's on my mind. I don't yet have a preorder page, but if you follow this account I promise I will eventually inundate you with preorder links until you either cave or block me! https://t.co/llVvUEG8oE — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias True. And we know that social media algorithms optimize for novelty and for attention focal points – although, in fairness, this is partly because our extremely flawed brains do the same thing. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Anyway, I know it’s more fun to read tweets that are anti-protesters or anti-anti-protesters. But it’s worth pausing to observe that this technology is shaping our collective behavior in ways that might feel good in the moment but can be distorting in the aggregate. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This one looks likely to fizzle out, but we’ve all seen mass online outrage lead to excessive harassment and threats. Each person who gets Mad Online might be right individually but the scale, speed, and frictionlessness of online mass collective outrage can still be unhealthy. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

DC protester discourse is a good illustration of how social media works. It enabled people to highlight and discourage what was legitimately bad behavior. But it also ensured the backlash would grow way out of proportion: thousands of condemnations, sweeping outrage takes, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@MazMHussain That’s interesting. Wonder if that also speaks to the appeal of certain strains of hip hop that lean into aspirationalism. It’s certainly an attitude I hear people associate with Americans a lot in Asia, anecdotally — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@MazMHussain I feel like it could be so interesting to look at which sorts of ideas and voices transfer well abroad, and to where, and which don't. Though obviously any lessons would have to factor in the choices of publishers and tastemaker-types in what gets translated&promoted and doesn't. — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @AnandWrites: @TaylorLorenz I was hoping for some tips from this internet savant for improving my own online mental health. And her ans… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Maybe I'm missing something but I feel like I've seen 10,000 takes & tweets scolding people for saying that New York is over, and close to zero takes or tweets saying that New York is over — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Sorry did Trump just refer to ... having defeated ?? coronavirus?? ... Past tense? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I know people get fussy about American corporations contributing to the rise of the German far-right so let me just say (1) What could go wrong (2) What is YouTube supposed to do, turn off its recommendation system on political videos and only make NINETEEN billion?? Get real — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

YouTube only brought in $20+ billion in revenue last year, though, so it's not like the company is in a position to slow down the engagement-maximizing algorithms that drive its business model and are repeatedly linked to YouTube-borne radicalization, including in this study — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Oh just a deep empirical study demonstrating YouTube's role in the rise of the German online far-right — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @ekp: The big part of harassment that people who haven't been repeatedly harassed by a hateful mob are lucky to not get is: It changes y… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Max_Fisher: https://t.co/BBrt972vrJ — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

the contrasts between the current president and the previous president are......................striking — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Sometimes people would get in an argument about Steely Dan or whatever, but there were very few formal UN investigations into whether the board's design features contributed to any mass genocides! — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Back in the dark ages of the '00s I used to post on a message board whose purpose was to share what you were listening to at that moment, usually as a youtube link or jpg of the album cover, and looking back I think that was the last (maybe only?) purely good social platform — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @CeylanWrites: Very excited to announce that after 7 invaluable years on the international desk covering Turkey and the UK, I will be jo… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I have to be honest, between the uncontrolled pandemic killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, the cratering economy, threats to sabotage mail-in voting, and a Facebook-based cult on the verge of entering Congress, I had forgotten this had even happened — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @EricLiptonNYT: The Russian government undertook an extensive campaign to try to sabotage the 2016 election to help Mr. Trump become pre… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @laurenwethers: Extremely depressing that I can tell when Michelle Obama recorded her remarks because the COVID death toll has since gon… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @fordm: It’s just staring us in the face at this point. https://t.co/vKGvhsTBwH — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @HillaryKelly: FYI, nobody from Airmail reached out to me, or as far as I can tell, any of the women who came forward about Leon. Cool.… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @Max_Fisher: https://t.co/BBrt972vrJ — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

@mattyglesias tired: don't question online harassment wired: don't question looting inspired: don't question murder — PolitiTweet.org