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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. Chris Kavanagh‏ @C_Kavanagh 22 Nov 2021

      Chris Kavanagh Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      What zeynep describes can happen but what she should also factor in is the powerful influence people like her can exert on the platform. Contrarians that tech people have interest in or sympathy for tend to do very well on Twitter.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1462791018647011337 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      This is a constant problem on platforms. People will gang up and report someone, baselessly, just to silence them and it works because managing this requires a high level of judgment. (In this case, she writes about COVID origins—a contentious, sometimes censored topic).
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Nov 2021
      Replying to @C_Kavanagh

      Wait, am *I* person with sympathy from the tech world? Hilarious, because I'm among the earliest, high-profile critics of tech—they didn't like me at all, similar to some field experts/pandemic. More like begrudging tolerance much later—after my positions became kinda mainstream.

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    3. Chris Kavanagh‏ @C_Kavanagh 22 Nov 2021
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      Yeah! As far as I’ve seen you are very popular amongst contrarian tech types. Criticising tech platforms also doesn’t seem exactly verboten these days, it seems to be a popular pastime including in SV. But was not talking about past but current post-pandemic popularity.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Nov 2021
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      What post-pandemic "popularity" I may have is track-record. (Also, only "out" folks are held accountable on track-record). Same process played out with "criticizing tech platforms doesn't seem exactly verboten." When I started doing it, it was treated like being a flat-earther.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Nov 2021
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          What you are saying is a bit like the fact the tech folks probably like people like me criticizing the revolving doors at, say, FDA or FAA, but not FTC or the Dems-Silicon Valley version. Goose, gander, reality, though.

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        3. Chris Kavanagh‏ @C_Kavanagh 22 Nov 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          Sure, there is lots of hypocrisy. I’m not saying they are going to endorse your entire suite of opinions. I’m saying your profile primarily around covid stuff very likely grants you influence. So when you complain about someone being silenced on Twitter it could have an impact.

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        1. Chris Kavanagh‏ @C_Kavanagh 22 Nov 2021
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          I honestly can’t remember a time when social media platforms didn’t attract criticism beyond enthusiastic puff pieces and techno optimists. Maybe the UK had a different atmosphere than the US but I remember lots of criticism even back with dialup chat rooms, irc & messenger.

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