Tag: social media
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Data is the new oil: The misalignment between Facebook’s values and the ethos of REKO
In my previous blog post, I reflected on the uneasy relationship between REKO and Facebook, framing it as a dependency shaped by opaque algorithmic governance and platform power. That reflection ended with an open question: where do we go from here? Several months later, the answer remains unresolved, but it has become clearer that REKO’s…
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A reflection on the unexpected intersection of social media, alternative food markets, and the complexities of algorithmic governance
In 2010, I began researching the impact of social media on the boundary between work and personal life. This was six years after Facebook’s inception and six years before the introduction of Facebook Marketplace and the formalization of platform-based buying and selling. At the time, I couldn’t have foreseen the emergence of alternative food markets…