Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Social Quitting; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/09/wat…
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Social Quitting: How social media barons squandered their lock-in and made themselves obsolete.
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Hey look at this
* What Went Wrong with Gaming? (h/t @salimfadhley)
* A Man Walks Into a Bar lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-man-…
* Rewriting Cambridge Analytica/Pt 1: soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous…,
Pt 2 soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous… 3/
#10yrsago Positive externalities thrive online theguardian.com/technology/201…
#10yrsago How the Blues Brothers got made vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013…
#15yrsago Know Thyself: Myware vs. Spyware informationweek.com/it-life/don-t-… 4/
#15yrsago Premier of Alberta threatens to sue blogging uni student for registering a domain with his name in it daveberta.blogspot.com/2008/01/premie…
#20yrsago Quark CEO reveals his contempt for his customers web.archive.org/web/2003020720… 5/
Yesterday's threads: Naomi Novik's incredible, brilliant, stupendous "Temeraire" series; and more!
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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
chokepointcapitalism.com
Signed copies available from @BookSoup:
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My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at @darkdel:
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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Upcoming appearances:
* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (#NewOrleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow
* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20… 10/
Upcoming appearances (cont):
* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co…
* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc…
* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 11/
Recent appearances:
* @plutopia
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* @ukPageOne:
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* @Capitol_Forum:
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My latest Medium column is "NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me"
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Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 16/
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