tumblr
Tumblr has transformed into a brand-safe zombie of its former self
An interview with a Verizon suit makes it clear that Tumblr is a hollow shell of what it once was. What does this say for the experimentation the web once offered?
culture
Obligatory #gamergate post
Seriously abbreviated version of the #gamergate mess: A bunch of predominantly male gamers are using “concerns about the ethics of games journalism” as a shield for a series of deeply misogynistic attacks [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/so-gamergate-just-women-seem-4508850] on prominent women developers [http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/brianna-wu-gamergate]
Our Facebook masks slip a little
Second video of the day: It’s rather ironic that it hit the web a few days before the news that Facebook is running experiments on our emotions [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229754.900-even-online-emotions-can-be-contagious.html#.U7KOUFbtlbz] . There’s a whole bunch of interesting research to be done on constructed
culture
Lunchtime viewing: Selfie
A sobering look at the potential downsides of the Selfie culture…
Peak Facebook and the end of monolithic online identity
Are people rejecting the idea of a single online identity mediated by a large online entity? Stowe Boyd thinks so [http://stoweboyd.com/post/67357217833/facebook-still-dominant-strives-to-keep-cachet] : > The Benthamite underpinnings of Facebook are becoming unpopular. Young people in particular don’t want their teachers, parents, employers, and even all their
app.net. open standards
Aral on identity, privacy and app.net
Liveblog of Aral’s talk at Hacks/Hackers Brighton: * * ## [Aral Balkan](http://www.breakingthin.gs)He’s going to talk to us about identity and privacy. He’s an experience designer. He makes things for people – mainly virtual products, his focus is on the human side of things. [https://i0.
dconstruct
#dConstruct - Time and Relative Devices in Space
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2011/09/IMG_9289 - Version 2-2050.html)My intuition suggests that [Matthew Sheret](http://matthewsheret.com/) is a *Doctor Who* fan…We take
community
The Paywalled Times: An Online Private Members' Club?
And so it begins. After a launch event last night (which was invited to but was unable to attend, alas), *[The Times](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/)* and *[The Sunday Times](http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/)* have begun the four week transition to their new online model.
comments
A Defined Online Identity Boosts Engagement?
This cropped up in a post aboutthe latest improvements to Typepad [http://everything.typepad.com/blog/2009/09/movin-on-up-typepad-news-and-release-notes.html] : > Improved comment experience > [![Comment-form-icons-typepad]( "Comment-form-icons-typepad")](http://everything.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451c82369e20120a5d7c8a1970c-pi) > Based on some impressive performance on the beta blogs, we have added a few
On Twitter, Media and a BrandNew Identity
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2009/09/brandnew-1420.html] As well as trundling off to [Twestival](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2009/09/london_twestival_2009.html) last Thursday, I also stuck my head around the door of the [BrandNew](http://brandnewlondon.wordpress.com/) launch event, and jolly interesting
abuse
Le Web 3 Lost Posts 3: The Dark Side of the Web
For an opening session focusing on eeeevil on the web, it proved to be rather quiet. I think everybody was knackered, thanks to the early start… Laurent Haug [http://www.liftlab.com/laurent/] of LIFT [http://www.liftconference.com/] kicked things off by asking if there is a thirst for
anonymity
Le Web 3 '07: Jason Calacanis on Spam Pollution
Google is starting to smack down spam, but it’s still an issue – affiliate links.Calacanis had some suggestions for the attendees about how to manage this: - Build curation into your service. - Police your service - Reduce anonymity without reducing freedom - Punish bad peopleUsers have to “own