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Notes

internet users en masse being siloed by unnecessarily proprietary platforms and non-interoperable data formats
freedom of movement in ‘fediverse’ and similar ecosystems
internet platforms as compared to physically isolated locations
boundaries, entrance, mediated communications
affiliations, groupings, territory
metaphors for these spaces

Mentions

“Since the introduction of timeline, one might see Facebook as a passport to participating in the most prevalent form of capturing, mediating, and archiving personal life accounts.”
- “Facebook locks the subject into a specific techno-economic regime of navigation through mediated memories. There is a contract and transaction written into every passport. In return for the right to freely cross borders, the authority has right to control this mobility, while acquiring insight into the subject’s personal information.” -> ⤴️

Mentions

“Pro-capitalist ideologies such as neoliberalism convincingly promote growth as capitalism’s strength. In fact, […] growth is capitalism’s critical weakness; ” ➡

platformisation

The shift from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0, where the “open internet” became increasingly siloed and interactions now have an intermediary to siphon value from the content (usually via advertising)

Mentions

“compartmentalization of the web into standardized and thus easily monitorable mnemotechnological enclosures” ⤴️