first work on SoMe presentation

viscon2024.tex

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 \usepackage{capt-of}
 \usepackage{hyperref} % include hyperlinks
 \usepackage{booktabs}
+\usepackage{verse}
 \usepackage{caption}
 \usepackage{ccicons}
 \captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=empty}
@@ -109,12 +110,9 @@
 
 \begin{frame}[c]
   \begin{figure}
-    \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{img/infrastructures_large.png}
-    \caption{Infrastructures\\\footnotesize{\url{https://xkcd.com/743/}}}
+    \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{img/social_media.png}
+    \caption{Social Media\footnote{\url{https://xkcd.com/1239/}}}
   \end{figure}
-  % alternative comics:
-  % https://xkcd.com/1239/
-  % https://xkcd.com/2045/
 \end{frame}
 
 \begin{frame}
@@ -157,30 +155,183 @@
   \tableofcontents
 \end{frame}
 
-
-\section{What is Free Software?}
+\section{What's wrong with Social Media?}
 
 \begin{frame}[c]
-  \frametitle{What is Free Software?}
+  \frametitle{What do I mean by Social Media?}
   \pause
-  \begin{block}{The Four Freedoms of Free Software}
-    \begin{enumerate}
-      \pause
-      \item[0 -] use \pause
-      \item[1 -] study \pause
-      \item[2 -] share \pause
-      \item[3 -] improve \pause
-    \end{enumerate}
-    Provided by a Free Software license.
-  \end{block}
-  \note[item]{use: freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose without limitations like license fees or geographical restrictions.}
-  \note[item]{study: freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish}
-  \note[item]{share: freedom to redistribute copies of the program}
-  \note[item]{improve: freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others}
-  \note[item]{License as a legal document providing you with these rights.}
+  \begin{definition}[Social Media]
+    Software platforms whose main purpose is to enable (i) sharing
+    digital content widely and (ii) providing opportunities for
+    interactions of its users with regard to that content.
+  \end{definition}
+  \note{What does widely mean?}
+  \note{Includes forums, wikis, link aggregators, etc.}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{A small caveat}
+  \centering
+  I barely use any.
+  \note{Nevertheless, I feel able to share an insight or two about Social Media.}
+  \note{But feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt.}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{But take it from the inventor of the Web}
+  \begin{block}{Tim Berners-Lee (2019) - ``30 Years On, Whats Next \#ForTheWeb?''\footnote{\url{https://onezero.medium.com/30-years-on-whats-next-fortheweb-6ce844ed147f}}}
+   \begin{quote}
+     \begin{enumerate}
+       \item Deliberate, malicious intent, such as state-sponsored hacking and attacks, criminal behaviour, and online harassment.\pause
+       \item System design that creates perverse incentives where user value is sacrificed, such as ad-based revenue models that commercially reward clickbait and the viral spread of misinformation.\pause
+       \item Unintended negative consequences of benevolent design, such as the outraged and polarised tone and quality of online discourse.
+     \end{enumerate}
+   \end{quote}
+  \end{block}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Malicious intent}
+  \framesubtitle{Doppelganger 2022-2024}
+  \begin{block}{04.09.2024: US DoJ Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation\footnote{\url{https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence}}}
+  \begin{quote}
+    Influence Operation Relied on Influencers, AI-Generated Content,
+    Paid Social Media Advertisements, and Social Media Accounts to
+    Drive Internet Traffic to Cybersquatted and Other Domains.
+  \end{quote}
+  \end{block}
+  \note{Open Society and its Enemies}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Perverse incentives}
+  \framesubtitle{Surveillance Capitalism}
+  \begin{figure}
+    \includegraphics[height=0.5\textheight]{img/The-Age-Of-Surveillance-Capitalism-cover.jpg}
+    \caption{Read this book!\footnote{\url{https://blogsmedia.lse.ac.uk/blogs.dir/30/files/2019/07/The-Age-of-Surveillance-Capitalism-cover.jpg}}}
+  \end{figure}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Perverse incentives}
+  \framesubtitle{Surveillance Capitalism}
+  \begin{figure}
+    \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{img/Surveillance-Capitalism.jpg}
+    \caption{How it works\footnote{\url{https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sandesh-Achar/publication/366038288/figure/fig1/AS:11431281105342758@1670359016323/Surveillance-Capitalism.jpg}}}
+  \end{figure}
+\end{frame}
+\section{How can we fix it?}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Avoid technosolutionism!}
+  \centering
+  The problems with social media are not of a technological nature! \\ \pause
+  Societal problems require societal solutions.
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{There are many ways to Rome.}
+  There is not **one** fix. \\ \pause
+  There are **many**.
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Reduce}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Better Social Media\ldots}
+  \framesubtitle{\ldots is less Social Media}\pause
+  \begin{block}{Deep Fried Frenz (2004) - MF DOOM}
+  \begin{verse}
+    \[...\] \\
+    I found a way to get peace of mind for years and left the hell alone\\
+    Turn a deaf ear to the cellular phone\\
+    Send me a letter or better, we could see each other in real life\\
+    \[...\]
+  \end{verse}
+  \end{block}
+  \note{Are there any MF DOOM fans amongst us?}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Better Social Media\ldots}
+  \framesubtitle{\ldots is less Social Media}
+  Ask yourself, \ldots \pause
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item What do I need Social Media for? Do they provide it? Are there other ways of achieving the same? \pause
+    \item How much of my time and energy is used up by Social Media? \pause
+    \item Can I go without it for a week? For a month?
+  \end{itemize}
+  \note{The level of reduction depends on your preferences. It can very well be 0.}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Reuse}
+
+\bgroup
+\let\oldfootnoterule\footnoterule
+\def\footnoterule{\only<2->\oldfootnoterule}
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Better Social Media\ldots}
+  \framesubtitle{\ldots lets you control your content} \pause
+  \begin{definition}[POSSE\footnote<2->{\url{https://indieweb.org/POSSE}}]
+    [Stands for ``Publish Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere'']\pause
+
+    [Describes] the practice of posting content on your own site
+    first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties
+    (like social media silos) with original post links to provide
+    viewers a path to directly interacting with your content.
+  \end{definition}
+
+  \note{Technical audience: you know how to use a static site
+    generator and register a domain. For your non-techie friends, blog
+    hosting sites abound.}
+\end{frame}
+\egroup
+
+\subsection{Replace}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Better Social Media\ldots}
+  \framesubtitle{is FLOSS, federated, and human-centric}
+    \begin{figure}
+    \includegraphics[height=0.6\textheight]{img/Fediverse_logo_proposal.png}
+    \caption{Fediverse\footnote{By Eukombos - Own work, CC0, \url{https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70845534}}}
+    \end{figure}
+  \note{Might be the hardest to do because of network effects.}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Better Social Media\ldots}
+  \framesubtitle{is \textbf{FLOSS}, federated, and human-centric}
+  Free, libre and open-source software [FLOSS] gives you the right to \pause
+  \begin{enumerate}
+  \item use \pause
+  \item study \pause
+  \item share \pause
+  \item improve \pause
+  \end{enumerate}
+  the software \textbf{as you see fit}.
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Better Social Media\ldots}
+  \framesubtitle{is FLOSS, \textbf{federated}, and human-centric}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \frametitle{Better Social Media\ldots}
+  \framesubtitle{is FLOSS, federated, and \textbf{human-centric}}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}[c]
+  \begin{figure}
+    \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{img/infrastructures_large.png}
+    \caption{Infrastructures\footnote{\url{https://xkcd.com/743/}}}
+  \end{figure}
+  % alternative xkcd comic:
+  % https://xkcd.com/2045/
 \end{frame}
 
-\section{Rethinking Social Media}
 
 \end{document}