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A possible solution to toxic internet comments
Also on point to today’s online harassment discussion, Tablet Magazine is apparently trying to combat offensive comments by imposing a nominal fee to post comments to its articles. http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2015/2/9/8007483/tablet-magazine-comments Logistically, […]
Combating online harassment
Came across with this piece relevant to our discussion on online harassment today: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/116590-online-harassment-is-a-serious-problem.html Based on this article, it seems that government intervention may not be a good solution to […]
Online harassment and “digital rape”
I came across this article which was cited in one of our assigned readings earlier in the course and found it really interesting. http://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/a-rape-in-cyberspace/ It’s pretty relevant to what we […]
Keurig’s attempt to “DRM” their new coffee maker
Here is a link to the article mentioned in class today about Keurig’s attempt to “DRM” their new coffee machine and the general public dissatisfaction with this approach. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7986327/keurigs-attempt-to-drm-its-coffee-cups-totally-backfired Something […]
Results of Paper Airplane Study
Class presentation from last week, including results of our in-class exercise. For those of you who missed it, this was the class we made paper airplanes. Empirical Exercise in Philosophical […]
This American Life – Online Trolling as a Limit on Expression
Interesting piece referred to in class today, about a blogger and how she was impacted by online trolls. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps?act=1#play
DailyDirt: Paper Airplanes For Fun And Profit | Techdirt
After last weeks festivities it’s a bit hard to ignore this piece from techdirt: DailyDirt: Paper Airplanes For Fun And Profit | Techdirt. jon
News of the Week Top 5; February 4, 2015
1. Why Does Facebook Censor Gay Images?: Photographer Michael Stokes, among others, says his work is regularly censored by Facebook even when the images clearly don’t break the rules. Who makes these […]
Feb. 10 Class Presentation
For my presentation on Tuesday we are going to be looking at some of the ways in which online harassment impacts digital creativity. In terms of readings I would very […]
Copyright term extensions might be coming to Canada
This jumps off our discussions from last week. According to this post by Michael Geist, a law professor at the University of Ottawa and one of the foremost Canadian experts in this […]