Hi, and welcome back to Untangled. Last month was busy busy:
I wrote about pseudonymity, harassment, and what they reveal about our relationship to technology.
I spoke with Katie Notopoulos, Sr. Technology Reporter at BuzzFeed News, about the story she wrote exposing the real identities of the founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club.
I talked to Alice Marwick, UNC Associate Professor, about how and why harassment happens online.
This month I decided to apply a few different frameworks — moral crumple zones! Normal accidents! — to explain what’s happening in decentralized finance or ‘DeFi.’ If you like it, well, you know the drill.
Before we start: check out Everything in Moderation (EiM). It’s a smart and thoughtful newsletter by Ben Whitelaw about “content moderation and the policies, products, platforms and people shaping its future.” I especially enjoyed this issue on trustworthy systems and transparency. If you care about how the internet is actually governed, EiM is a must read.
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