Hacker News
- How big is YouTube? https://ethanzuckerman.com/2023/12/22/how-big-is-youtube/ 247 comments
- Mastodon is big in Japan. The reason why is uncomfortable (reason: lolicon) https://ethanzuckerman.com/2017/08/18/mastodon-is-big-in-japan-the-reason-why-is-uncomfortable/ 4 comments
- The worst thing I read this year, and what it taught me (2016) https://ethanzuckerman.com/2016/06/22/the-worst-thing-i-read-this-year-and-what-it-taught-me-or-can-we-design-sociotechnical-systems-that-dont-suck/ 78 comments
- Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report is strange https://ethanzuckerman.com/2021/08/18/i-read-facebooks-widely-viewed-content-report-its-really-strange/ 59 comments
- To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2020/08/15/to-the-future-occupants-of-my-office-at-the-mit-media-lab/ 180 comments
- On me, and the Media Lab http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2019/08/20/on-me-and-the-media-lab/ 132 comments
- Ethan Zuckerman: On Me, and (Leaving) the Media Lab http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2019/08/20/on-me-and-the-media-lab/ 3 comments
- Who Filters Your News? Why We Built Gobo.social http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2017/11/16/who-filters-your-news-why-we-built-gobo-social/ 14 comments
- What if Tunisia had a revolution, but nobody watched? http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2011/01/12/what-if-tunisia-had-a-revolution-but-nobody-watched/ 49 comments
- China, porn and unintended consequences http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/01/06/china-porn-and-unintended-consequences/ 21 comments
- The complexity of sharing scientific databases http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/07/16/the-complexity-of-sharing-scientific-databases/ 4 comments
Lobsters
- Mastodon is big in Japan. The reason why is… uncomfortable http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2017/08/18/mastodon-is-big-in-japan-the-reason-why-is-uncomfortable/ 9 comments culture , distributed
- Otaku Culture And Cultural Soft Power --- Japan's economic collapse offset by boom in Internet-driven youth and marginal cultures—manga, cinema etc—which sent Japan's national cool quotient soaring. Lost status as industrial power, gained status as cultural superpower http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2011/11/16/mimi-ito-on-otaku-culture-and-cultural-soft-power/ 28 comments worldnews
- Civil war recently broke out in Ivory Coast, where cell phones are one of the main ways of communicating, but people can't get to stores to buy credit. So one phone company is giving all customers a bunch of free texts and calls. http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2011/04/06/orange-cote-d%E2%80%99ivoire-sets-a-great-example/ 33 comments worldnews
- What if Tunisia had a revolution, but nobody watched? http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2011/01/12/what-if-tunisia-had-a-revolution-but-nobody-watched/ 31 comments politics
- "If you’re not getting porn in your system, it doesn’t work. If activists are using your tools, your tools are usable." http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/03/08/the-cute-cat-theory-talk-at-etech/ 70 comments programming
- In the past 17 days, Wikipedia has raised over $478,000. That’s a pretty amazing number, on the one hand, and a concerning one, on the other hand. http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/11/07/penny-for-your-thoughts/ 11 comments reddit.com
- "We’re probably living in the most peaceful time of our species’s existence." http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1279 2 comments reddit.com