Re: <nettime> Christchurch and the Dark Social Web by Luke Munn

[Nick <nettime@njw.me.uk>]

Quoth Geert Lovink: 
> we have just published this essay on our blog: Algorithmic Hate: Brenton Tarrant and the Dark Social Web, an analysis on the role of social media in the Christchurch killings, by Luke Munn, writing from Auckland/NZ:
> 
> <http://networkcultures.org/blog/2019/03/19/luke-munn-algorithmic-hate-brenton-tarrant-and-the-dark-social-web/>.

Thanks for sharing Geert, I found the article very interesting 
indeed.

One interesting tension is between the more algorithmically complex 
and opaque sites more in the mainstream (twitter, facebook, youtube) 
compared to things like 8chan, which as far as I'm aware basically 
just promote what's most popularly re-shared and posted. So while 
sites like facebook can (as well described in the article) 
"effortlessly" change the sort of content one sees in mysterious 
ways that can gradually alter the social and political norms that 
are present, sites like 8chan don't facilitate the same sort of 
movement, beyond the sort of entrenchment that comes with 
desensitisation and repetition.
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