Amy Bruckman

This paper by @theprof@sciences.social looks great! Too bad it doesn't exist? "Li, X., & Halavais, A. ( 2021 ). The dynamics of online community building: A study of Discord servers as social infrastructures. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication."

Best thing I've read about AI and jobs. TL;DR: "The ATM tried to do the teller’s job better, faster, cheaper; it tried to fit capital into a labor-shaped hole; but the iPhone made the teller’s job irrelevant.”
https://davidoks.blog/p/why-the-atm-didnt-kill-bank-teller

X (formerly Twitter) turned on account location, and immediately turned it off again--because it showed that your "farmer in Michigan" is really a paid troll in Bangladesh. We need a social network that shows where content is from.
https://asbruckman.medium.com/x-added-account-location-and-turned-it-off-hours-later-36b5a178a4c4

With cites to research by @katestarbird@mstdn.social

Do you hire recent college grads? If so, are your new hires generally prepared with the skills they need? Is their level of preparation different than it was five years ago?

Is your work software neurotic (overthinking, overly cautious)? Jonathan Grudin explained why in 1988.
https://asbruckman.medium.com/45e025999058

My entire feed here is news outlets I follow. Nothing from my friends. 😔

Thoughtful podcast on the future of the Middle East https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?i=1000732041934

Hidden fees and deceptive sales practices are about to get worse with the introduction of "AI Agents":
https://asbruckman.medium.com/the-cost-of-a-taco-accelerating-dark-patterns-for-consumers-and-the-threat-of-ai-agents-ca8ee8473065

OK, you want to decide what's in your social media feed--but how do you do that?

New paper by @kjfeng@hci.social @axz@hci.social @xander@hci.social David McDonald and me!

https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1crs81h/social_media_sites_choose_what_users_see_but_many/

How do we keep doing CS research that isn’t AI? https://asbruckman.medium.com/surviving-the-ai-summer-64626e5547e3

The #cscw2023 call for panels is coming out soon! What controversial issues should we talk about? Start thinking about your panel proposal!

What do you think we could do to help make sure six-year-olds don't bring guns to school? You are invited to join this discussion on r/gunInsights, a new subreddit for civil discussion about gun issues by people across the political spectrum.

https://www.reddit.com/r/guninsights/comments/10ejims/the_sixyearold_who_brought_a_gun_to/

Hi everyone!