https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/29/learnedleague-and-the-joy-of-a-truly-trivial-pursuit/ MAS S.67 // Spring 2020 Tue, 19 May 2020 20:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/2020/03/29/learnedleague-and-the-joy-of-a-truly-trivial-pursuit/#comment-31 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 22:14:56 +0000 https://fixingsocialmedia.mit.edu/?p=458#comment-31 I love the idea of a community that’s deeply engaging to people involved, but in which people are not becoming friends. It’s a great way of disrupting the idea that social networks are about discovering and befriending other people. Some are, some aren’t – this one is about a wonderfully geeky form of competition. Good analysis of the ways in which the particular norms and affordances shape this space. I’d love to see you dig in a bit more on why you think the boards in this space are so especially toxic. In a community that otherwise seems healthy, what is it about that form of interaction that fails so wildly?

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