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Panelists: Kevin Driscoll Sam Ford Kate Miltner Whitney Phillips Respondent: Jonathan Zittrain Moderator: Chris Weaver
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.@csweaver opening the panel: “Everything has a context. You’re providing tools at the time of the electronic Wild West.” #mit8
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Spreadability is the context
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Depending on who’s posting and where they’re posting it, expectations are different. #MiT8
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Trolls believe that they have the right to engage in any behavior, wherever, whenever, simply because they can. #MiT8
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Other have an expectation that they can have a conversation free of trolling and personal attacks. #MiT8
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Where do our rights begin?
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.@csweaver: “Where do our rights begin?” @wphillips49: Context and content-dependent. Best approach is to start with case study. #mit8
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The way this clash plays out is both context and content dependent. Have to consider the sites of these clashes, norms, etc. #mit8
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.@katemiltner brings up the concept of potential harms—“people are really bad at imagining the potential downsides of their actions” #mit8
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.@katemiltner shares story of mom who posted photo of her kids on iPads. Got reddited and meme-ified. #mit8
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.@wphillips49: Many operate online under the philosophy of “If it’s on the Internet, it’s fair game.” #mit8
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There’s a difference between fan commentary on media texts meant to be consumed, and redditors editing a mom’s pic of her kids. #MiT8
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@sam_ford: Everybody in a small town posting on @topix.com is a public figure. #Mit8 @katemiltner asks: isn’t that true offline as well?
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Everyone’s public =/= everyone’s material is “fair game” — this is a good distinction. #MiT8
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Being public, living in public
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Seems like a distinction needs to be drawn here between being a “public figure” and the consequences of living in “public.” #mit8
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.@wphillips49: “self-policing assumes that the community isn’t part of the problem.” What if they’re on board w/ the behaviors? WAT DO #mit8
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Problem with community policing is that sometimes the community is on board with the problematic behaviors says @wphillips49 #mit8
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RT @elizabethapitts: Zittrain: if we bring in the law to regulate Internet rights, privacy, ethics, we’ve already lost #mit8
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Is the meme the reinstantiation of wit? #MIT8
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if so, i’d rather it have remained dead .RT @danfaltesek: Is the meme the reinstantiation of wit? #MIT8
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.@katemiltner offers a caveat for Internet vigilantism: “Crowds are notoriously imprecise.” #mit8
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Reddit
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.@zittrain notes the distinction between intentional griefers and “good faith” vigilantism gone wrong (e.g. tweeting misinformation) #mit8
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Let’s talk about the actual owners of reddit. At what point do/can/must we hold them responsible? #MiT8
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Platform matters. Problematic on twitter =/= problematic on reddit. #MiT8
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Responsability
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Stuff that shows up on one site instantaneously shows up on other sites stripped of context and repurposed – @wphillips49 #mit8
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.@zittrain: even 10 yrs after post-Napster era it’s still unclear what responsibilities are for a site hosting problematic content. #mit8
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RT @s2tephen: .@zittrain: even 10 yrs after post-Napster era it’s still unclear what responsibilities are for a site hosting problematic co…
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RT @mrliterati: Centralized vs distributed responsibility… Responsibility vs agency? Classic problem of democracy #MIT8
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Civic class of the st century
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.@zittrain calls for a kind of “data genealogy,” which would encourage people to think twice before sharing content. #mit8
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.@kouredios 21st-c civics class should be: participatory; involving digital literacies; giving students agency to work toward change #MiT8
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First, we need to RESTORE civics classes, then we can talk about how the curriculum should be updated for a spreadable world. #mit8
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RT @vVvA: a good reason for why wikipedia needs to be inside schools: so youth can understand limitations and affordances of spreadabilit…
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Spreadability is the design
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.@katemiltner makes ace point that platforms are DESIGNED to encourage mass spreadability. It’s architecture and business model. #mit8
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@katemiltner talks about the technological agency of the platforms. I would add: and their interfaces which are not transparent #MIT8
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.@wphillips49 platforms encourage spreadability so users can accrue social capital or some commercial asset #MIT8 excellent point
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.@wphillips49: SNS incentivize problematic spreadability as a way to accrue economic/social capital. How to establish ethics within? #mit8
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Metrics
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MT@s2tephen: just looking at metrics (e.g. Klout) only tells half the storyspreadability automatically assumed positive -@katemiltner #mit8
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Klout = “How ‘spready’ are you?” #MiT8
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Sometimes it’s ok to just not read what’s been said about you. We can learn this from celebrities says Kristine Busse. #mit8
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Metrics can only tell you so much: “No one’s talking about this”? Again, depends on context and platform. Industry, maybe. #MiT8
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You’ve made some decent points there. I looked on the internet to learn more about the issue and found most people will go along with your views on this site.