MetaFilter posts tagged with society and internet

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mattholomew — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:11:28 -0800

Google rolls out Mail Goggles, designed to prevent drunk or otherwise impaired emailing by forcing you to answer basic math questions. And no, it's not April 1st.

Clay Shirky In Charge

kliuless — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:12:18 -0800

The Role of Inconvenience in Designing Social Systems (slyt via robowhiz) cf. affordances & infinite games

Looking for the mouse

blasdelf — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:33:17 -0800

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus — Clay Shirky on post-broadcast societal outlets.

video profiles--from activists to huggers to outers to excons to the religious ....

amberglow — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:55:56 -0800

People of the Web --very well done short video profiles of interesting people online. Mike Rogers of blogactive is on the front page now. Links to previous profiles are on the right, including Kirk Cameron, Caleb Shikles, Sherman Austin, and Josh Wolf.

The first knowledge village of India

tellurian — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:21:03 -0800

Hansdehar - rural life in India.

Connectedness, Betweenness, Closeness???

amberglow — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:34:49 -0800

Big Brother 101 -- Could your social networks brand you an enemy of the state? (Popular Science Mag) And one staffer finds out it might--due to a connection to the Buffalo Six. Think 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, but with tapping and surveillance and worse at the other end.

Isolation in America

digaman — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:34:22 -0800

Are we getting lonelier?

Habermas and MeFi

TheRoach — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:25:30 -0800

Jurgen Habermas and the Public Sphere. Habermas' conception of the public sphere has become increasingly interesting to scholars of internet theory. Any thoughts on what role MeFi plays in creating a public? What about issues of accessibility, autonomy, and quality? Could Mefi be the realization of Habermas' public sphere?

_sirmissalot_ — Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:08:06 -0800

Are you "e-fluential"? It's possible you are without even knowing it--you never know who might be listening in. While I don't find all gadget/soft drink/product discussions insidious, it does seem like they pop up pretty regularly. Has anyone here been contacted? Or are these companies (and others like them) just targeting product-oriented boards?

dabitch — Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:37:27 -0800

I was reading cryptonomicom last night ..and awoke this morning to read this online.. Deja vu, Datahaven! I'm glad they found good use for that antiaircraft deck.

Sapphireblue — Wed, 10 May 2000 10:49:39 -0800

Maybe there's hope for our social lives after all. A new study (complete report here) seems to directly contradict February's study which claimed that the Internet makes people antisocial hermits. This new study is particularly focused on the habits of women who use the web but offers many interesting numbers that apply across gender lines, i.e. "Nearly three-quarters of Internet users (72%) say they visited family or friends "yesterday," while 61% of nonusers report they had visited someone".