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studying pathological information systems and how narratives spread @ Stanford Internet Observatory. Prev: quant finance, VC, startups.

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    17 Dec 2019

    New essay up on Ribbonfarm! The premise: we now live in a world of bespoke realities and perpetual dissensus. This is the new normal. It's partly a continuation of long term trends in media, partly a function of the social-first information ecosystem.

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  2. 11 hours ago

    My kids are on this red eye that is still on the ground complaining about “WHY DID WE EVEN PACK HEADPHONES IF WE HAVE TO SLEEP????” and I am just waiting for takeoff and the beverage cart.

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  3. 16 hours ago

    Back in 2015 we tried to convey this issue,why it mattered. Social media is a vast collection of online factions running what’re basically marketing campaigns for ideas. Antivax activists have dominated share of voice for years. I hope this sparks change.

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  4. 16 hours ago

    while people who have positive experiences say nothing. This dynamic is why antivax activists have dominated the online conversation about immunizations since long, long before COVID-19. They are producing the content. They are setting the tone. Their material is available.

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  5. 16 hours ago

    I am a huge supporter of these efforts bc we need as much visible pro-vaccine messaging as possible to reinforce how safe & effective the vax is, and how important. As I said in this article, there’s an asymmetry of passion where antivaxxers post ab the evils of vaccines 24/7…

    Officials & influencers hope their pro-vaccination messaging will serve to counter the often very loud vaccine skeptics online. "If we view disinformation as a negative information effort, this campaign is a positive information effort," said
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  6. Jul 31

    Throughout the pandemic…the litany of overstatements, understatements, and clickbait makes great fodder for viral “gotcha” screenshot collages when they inevitably age badly or get walked back.

    I am convinced that at this stage of the pandemic, misleading and irresponsible headlines from otherwise reputable news outlets are a major source of damaging misinformation.
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    Jul 31

    Dr. on just now: “The media has to stop putting up headlines that sound like drunk texts,” re: coverage of breakthrough cases of Covid delta variant. 😂

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    Jul 31

    There is little more frustrating than having a kid who’s unable to get vaccinated be put at greater risk by adults who simply refuse to get vaccinated. I get that covid is likely endemic now, and for our lifetimes, but so much callous dismissal of the social contract is stunning

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    Jul 30

    SF teachers' union: Refused to re-open schools for a whole year unless they got access to vaccines (& pushed themselves to the front of the line ahead of other essential workers like MTA). Now defends the right of anti-vaxxers to expose your unvaccinated child to Delta variant.

    UESF supports the requirement that workers either be vaccinated or be offered regular testing as a measure to keep workers, students and communities safe. We reject the idea that workers would lose their jobs for being unvaccinated, particularly in the midst of an economic crisis
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  10. Jul 30

    Contrast this with activities from five days ago, when this small biz that took early steps to protect its customers & employees was mobbed with ~3k Instagram comments and a dozen angry people livestreaming a "protest" outside

    This restaurant, Crossroads Kitchen, hit my radar earlier today when someone sent me one of their Instagram posts which was being brigaded by antivaxxers. This is going to happen *everywhere* as private businesses set rules for customers. Harassment is a core AV tactic…
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  11. Jul 30

    Private sector momentum continues. Dominoes will continue to fall as behemoth companies set employee mandates. This will significantly undermine the antivaccine movement's usual tactic of harassing small businesses & govt officials with online brigades.

    Walmart, Largest U.S. Employer, Imposes Vaccine Mandate on Staff - Bloomberg
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  12. Jul 30

    What's interesting about this is the kind of deep-dive conspiracy theorists Trump's Twitter feed was feverishly retweeting around that time. It was accounts like Ron Watkins (likely Q from QAnon), Tracy Beanz (maybe the very first Q influencer). A sea of Chan-heavy election lies.
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  13. Jul 30

    “Everyone on the Internet thinks…” bespoke realities, world leader edition

    I don't think it's fully appreciated how much Trump's false reality, which has impacted so many people, was built on online misinformation. Key Q is whether he actually believed the BS or was simply using it to further his own goals. Perhaps both.
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    Jul 29

    There was a Trust & Safety journal-shaped hole in my life, but no longer. Honored to be on the editorial board, can't wait to read some slush pile...

    Today the Stanford Internet Observatory and are announcing a new cross-disciplinary, open access, fast peer-review journal, the Journal of Online Trust and Safety. Learn more, including how to submit, here:
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  15. Jul 30

    Yeah well parents reject the idea that people who CAN be vaccinated should just be allowed to electively opt-out, putting our little kids who *can't* be vaccinated at risk. 3 choices: 1) Get the shot 2) Get a medical exemption 3) Get out of the classroom

    UESF supports the requirement that workers either be vaccinated or be offered regular testing as a measure to keep workers, students and communities safe. We reject the idea that workers would lose their jobs for being unvaccinated, particularly in the midst of an economic crisis
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    Jul 30

    People fighting culture wars vs people with money on the line.

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  17. Jul 29

    NYPost at it again

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    Jul 29

    1st speaker is & international relations, discussing the Virality Project, which tracks online vaccine misinformation. He says anti-vaxxers use the same narratives over & over (as knows about!), including the trope of "natural immunity"

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  19. Jul 29

    I agree with de Blasio on something

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  20. Jul 29

    People whose livelihoods and businesses depend on the end of the pandemic are no longer willing to indulge conspiratorial nonsense.

    COVID appears to have firmly solidified the private sector as the nexus of decision-making and consensus formation in American society. The government is, and remains, a footnote.
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    Jul 29

    Today the Stanford Internet Observatory and are announcing a new cross-disciplinary, open access, fast peer-review journal, the Journal of Online Trust and Safety. Learn more, including how to submit, here:

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