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“Real Names” Policies Are an Abuse of Power
Everyone’s abuzz with the “nymwars,” mostly in response to Google Plus’ decision to enforce its “real names” policy. At first, Google Plus went on a deleting spr…
It is with both celebration and sadness that we announce that the Social Media Collective, our research team of critical, humanistic social sciences at Microsoft Research’s New England lab, is coming to a close. Since 2008, the Social Media Collective has had the opportunity to critically examine the power dynamics of…
Visit socialmediacollective.org → RSS feedOn Hacker News Aug 2011 – Aug 2011
Everyone’s abuzz with the “nymwars,” mostly in response to Google Plus’ decision to enforce its “real names” policy. At first, Google Plus went on a deleting spr…