Here I -may later- add more extended analysis of individual blocks that I ran out of room for in the main body of my thesis. For more details of procedure see ‘Are.na analysis’. All blocks on this page are added with consent.

https://www.are.na/block/10340425 quote from article self-summarised as text, with commentary, anti-capitalism, connection, article sourced

https://www.are.na/block/10492851 diagram, no source, complex text, solidarity, some specifically actionable and others more like concept word cloud, similar to Pinterest

https://www.are.na/block/10764040 direct quote with its source, no indication it is not self-commentary, anti-capitalism, reflexivity

https://www.are.na/block/10885413 image quote, empire, source is direct image link with source semi-trackable

https://www.are.na/block/7668834 unsourced protest image, citation needed, tumblr source, dismantling Source: https://4got2reply.tumblr.com/post/611041289407971328

https://www.are.na/block/25208346 direct screenshot from messages, rather than copy-paste, relational, no provenance but title metadata

https://www.are.na/block/3522940 broken link, direct quote, provenance as title metadata, self-care anti-capitalism, politics of care, community, kinship, basic needs up to self-transcendence

https://www.are.na/block/20591752 twitter screenshot, source linked, author in image

https://www.are.na/block/20940375 instagram syndication or repost, so much cruft there’s nothing useful in metadata, broken embed?

https://www.are.na/block/22118937 screenshot text quote, no source

https://www.are.na/block/21043330 diagram, direct past present future comparison, anti-capitalism, no source

https://www.are.na/block/5831621 felix the cat again - literally the same content as Pinterest, anti-capitalism, unsourced, tumblr source in title metadata

more meta-blocks

Here I may later add more extended analysis of individual interesting blocks that I ran out of room for in the main body of my thesis. For more details of procedure see ‘Are.na meta-analysis’. All blocks on this page are added with consent.

uid	block_id	user	user_link	content	in vivo	quote as	themes
BL46	1263965	Daniel Pianetti	https://www.are.na/daniel-pianetti/blocks	A place that helps small communities do online research over time	A place / helps small communities / online research over time	’small communities do online research over time’	connectivity / async / temporality / legacy / mnemotechniques and mnemotechnologies / knowledge commons
BL170	12722144	J. Split	https://www.are.na/j-split/blocks	social media retirement community	social media / social media retirement / retirement community / community	’social media retirement community’	post-Tumblr / good internet / web 1.0 / social media bad
BL174	12752144	A Sta	https://www.are.na/a-sta/blocks	Pattern recognition network	Pattern recognition / network	’Pattern recognition network’	unconcious patterns / connectivity
BL55	1695939	Nick Sheeran	https://www.are.na/nick-sheeran/blocks	Where I go to play smart	Where I go / play smart	’Where I go to play smart’	play / un/pretentious
BL207	15354470	leuys	https://www.are.na/leuys/blocks	Trading zone for boundary objects (if it’s a really fun party)	Trading / zone / boundary objects / fun party	’Trading zone for boundary objects’	play / curation / cross-pollination / refinding / boundaries / semantics
BL25	938955	Damon Zucconi	https://www.are.na/damon-zucconi/blocks	Ambient Google Docs	Ambient / Google Docs	’ambient’	file explorer / cloud storage / ambient context
BL146	11126473	kagan 𓅪	https://www.are.na/kagan/blocks	It’s like an empty street with a lot of curious people, without borders, with familiar feelings.	empty / street / curious people / without borders / familiar feelings	’curious people, without borders, with familiar’	friendly strangers / wormhole / public forum / unique perspectives / boundaries
BL113	8007549	Rosemary ✿	https://www.are.na/rosemary/blocks	magic school bus depot	magic / school / bus depot	’magic school bus depot’	play / wormhole / special interests / multi-dimensional
BL383	1985595	email egg	https://www.are.na/email-egg/blocks	starter packs as research		’starter packs as research’	collage / alt-academia / open source process
BL334	26830434	Tereza Slančíková	https://www.are.na/tereza-slancikova/blocks	i feel like these days, the way we live right now, enables us, offers us even, all of this information, we can google anything, learn so so much, all of this knowledge at our fingertips.. maybe to some extent it’s too much, in a sense that you learn something so interesting about a totally random thing, like a statue in an alley catches ur eye and you look it up on wikipedia, find out about a heart-wrenching life story of its author and you can tell a small circle of people but at the end, how can you make it live forever? how can you ensure that the story gets told, saved somewhere? i think that’s what i love about are.na, documenting all of these rabbit holes i venture off to, the feeling, the care seeps from the channels of my friends and it is just so pure	these days / all of this information / learn so so much / all of this knowledge / too much / learn / look it up / heart-wrenching life story of its author / tell a small circle of people / how can you make it live forever? / ensure that the story gets told / saved somewhere / documenting all of these rabbit holes / the care seeps from the channels of my friends / pure	’rabbit holes’	rabbithole / funnel / information overload / digital intimacy / legacy