Monthly Archives: March 2018

Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problems are nothing compared to what’s coming for all of online publishing

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Doc Searls

Let’s start with Facebook’s Surveillance Machine, by Zeynep Tufekci in last Monday’s New York Times. Among other things (all correct), Zeynep explains that “Facebook makes money, in other words, by profiling us and then selling our attention to advertisers, political … Continue reading →

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Enough Alreadies

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Doc Searls

I just unsubscribed from Quora notifications. Reasons: With my new full-time gig as editor-in-chief of Linux Journal, I have close to no time for anything else, even though many other obligations do take time. Some of those also pay, and so require … Continue reading →

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