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    1. Additionally, the inauthentic arguments have long been observed, and were memorably explored by Jean-Paul Sartre as “Bad Faith”. “Bad faith” here means pretending to hold views or feelings, while not actually holding them (this may be intentional, or it may be through self-deception).

      The definition of bad faith-pretending to hold views or feelings one does not genuinely possess, whether through intentional deception or self-deception-is both precise and nuanced.

    1. Authenticity is a concept we use to talk about connections and interactions when the way the connection is presented matches the reality of how it functions.

      This definition is clear, precise, and theoretically grounded. It effectively captures the core of authenticity by linking presentation and reality, making the abstract concept concrete and easy to understand.

    1. One of the early ways of social communication across the internet was with Email, which originated in the 1960s and 1970s. These allowed people to send messages to each other, and look up if any new messages had been sent to them.

      This is a very good way to transformation. I think the people in that time are very smart

    1. Metadata is information about some data. So we often think about a dataset as consisting of the main pieces of data (whatever those are in a specific situation), and whatever other information we have about that data (metadata).

      It starts with a straightforward, intuitive definition—"Metadata is information about some data"—which avoids overly technical jargon and immediately grounds the concept in a relatable way.

    1. But, even though our focus is on internet-based social media platforms, since all media are social and all society is mediated, we will find that much of what we observe is also common throughout the rest of human culture.

      an isolated new phenomenon, but as a continuation of humanity's long-standing process of mediatization.

    1. We can even consider the evolutionary forces that play in the spread of true and false information (like an old saying: “A lie is halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on.”)

      These evaluate a very truly situation in normal life and natural selection

    1. It turns out that if you look at a lot of data, it is easy to discover spurious correlations where two things look like they are related, but actually aren’t. Instead, the appearance of being related may be due to chance or some other cause.

      This statement makes a really important point about how we interpret data. When we look at large sets of information, it’s common to find patterns that seem meaningful, but they often only exist by random chance.

    1. We might not want to be surveilled by a company or government that could use our actions or words against us (whether what we did was ethically good or bad)

      This is very important for me. All of us need privacy.