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A trip down memory lane: part 2 of “Social threat modeling” — DRAFT!

May 20, 2018

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jon

in Drafts, social sciences, Software, Tales from the Net

Note: as Shireen Mitchell and others are discussing on Twitter, “social threat modeling” isn’t necessarily a great name. Suggestions welcome! Just as I was finishing The winds of change are in the air, Twitter helpfully provided an excellent opportunity to illustrate the value of applying threat modeling techniques to social problems. VP of Trust and…
Road trip! Bringing the #privchat community to Diaspora *

Oct 16, 2011

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

It’s hard to believe but #privchat — the Tuesday morning Twitter Privacy Chat — has been going on for almost a year. CDT, Privacy Camp, and EPIC have done a great job moderating, and the attendees are a great cross-section of the privacy and civil liberties community: non-profits, privacy-focused startups, academics, privacy professionals at large…
First Look Forum participants, please join us Wednesday evening for a Twitter chat!

Feb 15, 2011

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jon

in Uncategorized

As we head into the homestretch with the First Look Forum, we wanted to give an opportunity for people to ask some last-minute questions and get some quick feedback.Â Email works, of course, but it’s soooooo 20th century.Â So we’re also going to be having a Twitter chat, on Wednesday February 16 at 7:30 p.m.…
Patriot house alert breaks heads: found art from Twitter

Feb 10, 2011

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

Images from Twazzup’s Patriot Act page as the House prepares to vote again on the Patriot Act extension.Â The refrigerator magnets on the top are the most common words and hashtags. You can weigh in on the head-breaking yourself via POPVOX, Demand Progress, ACLU, EFF, Downsize DC or the phone. Julian Sanchez’ Now what? and…
Following the Patriot Act battle on Twitter with Twazzup

Feb 7, 2011

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

ACTION ALERT: Ask Obama to veto the PATRIOT Act, April 5. ACTION ALERT: Meet with members of Congress about the PATRIOT Act, April 18-May 1 Twazzup did a custom Twitter backchannel for Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference back in June 2009, and soon after that became the best way to follow the #iranelection protests. Later…
#mooreandme and #p2: learnings for progressives on Twitter (REVISED DRAFT)

Jan 20, 2011

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jon

in political, social sciences

Draft, work in progress. Feedback welcome! Last updated February 5. Twitter is an opportunity to engage with communities currently marginalized by the â€œprogressive blogosphereâ€. Demographically and stylisticly, Twitter is far less male-dominated than the big blogs of the progressive blogosphere … — Tracy Viselli and Jon Pincus, The #p2 Hashtag and Strategies for Progressives on…
If She Ran the Ward: Oni Joseph, the Haitian Sensation

Oct 19, 2010

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jon

in Uncategorized

â€œThere are roughly 900,000 people living in Ottawa. A good five per cent are living in a marginalized way. Itâ€™s disgusting. Itâ€™s a shame. I love my city, I love Ottawa, but we can do better. We have to take care of that five per cent. And I would say three out of that five…
#iranelection and a sea of green on Twitter: at the forefront of social network activism

Dec 21, 2009

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jon

in political, social sciences, Tales from the Net

â€œThe first step that I suggest as a solution is that we Iranians, no matter where we live in the world, strengthen the social ties among ourselves…. This is where the power of our social network resides.â€ — Mir Hussein Mousavi, quoted in Ehsan Moghaddasi’s The Green Moharram
Social network activism and the future of civil liberties

Oct 29, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Also posted on The Seminal and Pam’s House Blend The most recent skirmish on the Patriot Act reauthorization battle ended badly for civil liberties.Â Â Despite passionate speeches all around in the Senate Judiciary Committee public hearings and classified briefings, in the end, only Senators Feingold, Durbin, and Specter stood up for the Constitution. As Marcy…
Social network activism and the Patriot Act (DRAFT)

Oct 24, 2009

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jon

in Uncategorized

DRAFT Work in progress! Feedback welcome! Final version intended for The Seminal and Pam’s House Blend
National Equality March: some highlights via Twitter

Oct 11, 2009

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jon

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Some screenshots from the #nem hashtag via Twazzup:
Can Skittles help fix the PATRIOT Act and FISA? (DRAFT!)

Oct 2, 2009

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jon

in political, Tales from the Net

DRAFT!Â Final version published on The Seminal.
Ask @bing to create grants for nonprofit advertising on their site (DRAFT)

Aug 27, 2009

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jon

in Uncategorized

Update, September 1: Microsoft responded.Â More here. Draft!Â Work in progress!Â Feedback welcome!
Iran, censorship, social networks — and hundreds of thousands of people risking their lives

Jun 18, 2009

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jon

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“I think the filters and the restrictions have been going on for so long in Iran that the experienced people are already prepared for this,” said Jon Pincus, a former Microsoft project manager and digital activist who works on projects promoting online freedom. Iranians dodging internet censorship , Doug Gross,Â CNN The OpenNet Initiative’s Cracking down…
Twittering in the Trenches: a workshop on social networks at #cfp09

Jun 1, 2009

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jon

in Uncategorized

Along with Deborah Pierce, Shireen Mitchell, and Ari Melber, I’m presenting n the Twittering in the trenches workshop today at Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference. If all goes well, it’ll be streamed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cfp09 … and the Twitter hashtag is #cfp09. Deborah’s post on the CFP blog has some background.Â Check it out! I’ll be…
Users: #fixreplies. Twitter: “No. Thanks for the great feedback!”

May 13, 2009

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jon

in social computing

Retweet this. If you disagree with Twitter’s decision to hide replies to ppl you don’t follow, start your replies with #fixreplies. — @nazgul (aka Kee Hinckley), on Twitter 56000 tweets later, in We learned a lot, Twitter founder @biz admitted that the “user feedback” they had cited as part of their original decision didn’t include…
#p2 and prioritizing diversity: background reading for Thursday’s tweeting

Apr 29, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

#p2 tweeting* Thursday April 30 7-8PM Pacific/10-11PM Eastern Draft agenda and discussion here Please join us! Twitter is an opportunity to engage with communities currently marginalized by the “progressive blogosphere” — Tracy Viselli and Jon Pincus, The #p2 Hashtag and Strategies for Progressives on Twitter on The Exception #p2 is a resource for progressives who…
Equal Pay Day: #fairpay and Women don’t ask

Apr 28, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, social sciences

According to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2007 the ratio of women’s and men’s median annual earnings reached almost 78 cents on the dollar for full-time year-round workers, up from just under 77 cents in 2006. This is the narrowest the wage gap has ever been, but it’s only an additional…
Twitter *is* a strategy (UPDATED draft)

Apr 25, 2009

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net, Uncategorized

DRAFT!Â Work in progress. Feedback welcome! Update, April 27: This thread sparked and tied in with substantial discussion elsewhere — see the bottom of the main post for additional links. I developed my thoughts in Cognitive evolution and revolution, which I presented at Politics Online; the blog post and comments also document a couple of…
Cognitive evolution and revolution, part 1: #polc09 and a #diversityfail

Apr 23, 2009

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jon

in meta, political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Opening slide from early draft of Hashtags at #polc09 Politics Online (1, 2) was a great conference, at least from my perspective.Â Starting with the opening session by Secretaries of State Debra Bowen and Jennifer Brunner, every session I went to had great content.Â Â It was a wonderful opportunity to meet friends and colleagues in-person,…