In "Social Quitting," my latest *Locus Magazine* column, I advance a theory to explain the precipitous #VibeShift in how many of us view the once-dominant social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, and how it is that we have so quickly gone asking what we can do to get these services out of our lives to where we should go now that we're all ready to leave them:
As I type these words, a mass exodus is underway from Twitter and Facebook. After decades of eye-popping growth, these social media sites are contracting at an alarming rate. In some ways, this sho…
* A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father's Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction…
My father was so honest, people often spoke of him in cliches. For example---you know the way someone will sometimes say so-and-so was so honest they’d walk five miles to return an extra nickel they’d been given in their change? Nobody means anybody …
'Myware' that tracks everything we do can be enormously helpful, but it can also be used to spy on us. The big challenge will be to figure out how to get the life-improving benefits without destroying privacy, says columnist Cory Doctorow.
My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
My latest Medium column is "NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me"
If you’re in the habit of reading the fine print on the contracts and terms and conditions you sign or click “I Agree” to, you’ll have noticed the phrase “binding arbitration” buried in the text…
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Social Quitting: How social media barons squandered their lock-in and made themselves obsolete.
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2023-01-09 13:19:54
Cory Doctorow
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* What Went Wrong with Gaming? youtube.com/watch?v=g16heGLKlT… (h/t @fadhl3y)
* A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father's Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction…
* Rewriting Cambridge Analytica/Pt 1: soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/…, pt 2 soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/…
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A Man Walks Into a Bar: In Which More Than Four Decades After My Father's Reluctant Night of Darts on West 54th Street I Finally Understand What Needs to Be Done - Lightspeed Magazine
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •#10yrsago Positive externalities thrive online theguardian.com/technology/201…
#10yrsago How the Blues Brothers got made vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/…
#15yrsago Know Thyself: Myware vs. Spyware informationweek.com/it-life/do…
#15yrsago Premier of Alberta threatens to sue blogging uni student for registering a domain with his name in it daveberta.blogspot.com/2008/01…
#20yrsago Quark CEO reveals his contempt for his customers web.archive.org/web/2003020720…
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Don't Let Self-Improvement Tools Be Used Against You
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in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Yesterday's threads: Naomi Novik's incredible, brilliant, stupendous "Temeraire" series; and more!
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2023-01-08 15:43:57
Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with Rebecca Giblin), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.
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Signed copies available from Book Soup:
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chokepointcapitalism.comCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.
Signed copies at Dark Delicacies:
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Dark DelicaciesCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •My ebooks and audiobooks (from Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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craphound.comCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Upcoming appearances:
* Library Learning Experience/American Library Association (#NewOrleans), Jan 27-30
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* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (UCL Faculty of Laws), Feb 1
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* Future of Arts, Culture & Technology, ACMI, (#Melbourne), Feb 14
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* Australian Digital Alliance Copyright Forum (#Canberra), Feb 17:
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Online | Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated?
UCL Faculty of LawsCory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •Recent appearances:
* Plutopia
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* Page One:
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* Capitol Forum:
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Cory Doctorow & Rebecca Giblin
Marco Rinaldi (Write Gear)Cory Doctorow
in reply to Cory Doctorow • • •If you're a Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.
My latest Medium column is "NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me"
doctorow.medium.com/nyt-bindin…
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NYT: Binding Arbitration For Thee, But Not For Me - Cory Doctorow - Medium
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