people
Seems like there's a need to distinguish creators and bots
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- Jan 2020
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clickbait
Mm good counterargument, this article seems relatively balanced
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e Patreon.
Not surprising given that IG is owned by Facebook
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discourage people from engaging in a movement that doesn’t center their interests
White saviour complex?
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It is radical activism
Repetition of "it is radical activism" to emphasize this new style, a very selfless, sacrificial approach
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"We" is used a lot over these two paragraphs as she describes how movements must change
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Get off the internet and DO SOMETHING REAL
So this tactic responds very nicely to this
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Toxic Twitter.
So what's their argument? Why are they saying this
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o #FreeAlaa.
Shows how trials and setbacks build determination, more drive to protest.
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“It is a tool, and it is still of very good use, but it is not an alternative for physical expressions of freedoms in the public space,” he said.
Makes sense, this section argues well rationally why this is true
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insulting and reductive.
Hmm
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uprisings didn’t happen because of social media. Instead, the platforms provided opportunities for organisation and protest that traditional methods couldn’t.
Wonder how the dynamic would change today, 9 yrs later
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days later
Days? Wow, super quick!
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Acknowledging how social media platforms are constructed—and by whom, or what—enables researchers to enact reflective research practices that recognize the complex rhetoricity of digital technologies.
Interesting, seems reasonable and correct
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y. Because our identities inevitably inform how and what we research on social media, it is therefore essential that we recognize how data collection technologies can amplify, not erase, the significance of our own positionalities.
Yes, seems these created identities can be good
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“more than a third of pro-Trump tweets and nearly a fifth of pro-Clinton tweets” were from bots, which amounted to “more than 1 million tweets in total”
Wow this stat really shows the power of bots, and how it's having a huge impact on the social media (twitter specifically here) landscape
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desired output
So this is why they develop bias, so far this article is very logical
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reproduce class-based power structures.
Interesting
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So far, this article seems very professional and serious.
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inform their own researcherly interactions.
Social media needs to be taken seriously, its affects extend to all
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The author uses stories to help paint a clear picture for the audience of the power of social media in this introduction, allowing her to build on this and go into the meat of her argument.
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you
Around here switches from a lot of "we" to a lot of "you": talking about unity vs. us vs. them
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our destinies are intertwined.
Yes, makes sense. Maybe relates to the freedom part from earlier?
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When we are able to end hyper-criminalization and sexualization of Black people and end the poverty, control, and surveillance of Black people, every single person in this world has a better shot at getting and staying free.
How? I'm a little confused on the logic flow here. I think she means that Black people will have an opportunity to make contributions that benefit all? Interesting to use the phrase "everybody gets free."
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The Theft of Black Queer Women’s Work
I honestly didn't know about these origins for BLM
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So why wouldn’t you do that?
Good question...why? Isn't it all about money?
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able to express what it is that I wanted to say in a way that people could receive it.
Makes sense that this would be a very important skill for someone to create change
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their goal to get #NoConfederate to trend during “Game of Thrones” that Sunday night. It did, nationally and internationally.
How? They just kinda tweeted it out? How does this work
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