Tag Archives: Instagram

“A Republic. If you can keep it!” A chant for our future

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Naomi

My brother, Ethan, who’s a musician and composer, is related to me in a number of ways, the most important of which is our thinking about this election. Me, I write some stuff here. Eth wrote a fight song, pulled … Continue reading →

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When last I considered the meaning of existential threat, it wasn’t this

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Newly public documents revealed that Instagram considered a decline in teenagers’ usage an “existential threat” and allocated almost $400 million this year to marketing targeted at them.

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187 million interactions but not one with me

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Naomi

From 538 Significant Digits: 187 million interactions According to a Senate Intelligence Committee report, Instagram “was a significant front” in Russian election meddling, eclipsing even Facebook itself. Between 2015 and 2018, there were 187 million interactions with Instagram content from … Continue reading →

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