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Inside: Social Quitting; and more!

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Social Quitting: How social media barons squandered their lock-in and made themselves obsolete.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1612026343595597824

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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!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1612115635793797124

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* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
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Upcoming appearances (cont):

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
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* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
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