Alex Feerst

@alexfeerst

Lawyer, writer, dreamer, doer. Trust & Safetyologist.

San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2010
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  1. Oct 21

    Had a great time talking privacy, trust, and DWeb with the folks!

    Privacy is the New Celebrity Ep 9 ft is out now! Alex shares why the backstage should be front and center, explaining Erving Goffman's fantastic "backstage" metaphor for privacy. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts. ⇢
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  2. Sep 16

    Great contribution to the annals of content moderation, very worth a read IMO ...

    R Street published the final report of a project I’ve been shepherding along with : a multistakeholder governance-inspired exploration of substantive content policy issues. In this thread, I want to offer some context for the work from my POV. 1/9
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  3. Sep 15

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  4. Sep 15

    We learn from content moderation that we do not learn from content moderation.

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  5. Sep 15

    If you struggle to moderate trolls, take care lest you become a troll. For if you gaze into misinformation, the misinformation also gazes back into you.

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  6. Sep 15

    Each word of the abusive post, each pixel of the terror-filled image, in itself, forms a context. The struggle towards equilibrium is enough to fill a person's heart. One must imagine content moderators happy.

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  7. Sep 15

    Content moderation is other people

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  8. Aug 22

    Content disputes escalate upstream into payment or storage disputes. If you want different outcomes, look for the helpers building new storage and payment infrastructure ...

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  9. Aug 20

    Eagerly awaiting the Congressional hearing where execs from banks and credit card companies explain their content moderation processes ...

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  10. Aug 18

    TIL the Roskomnadzor has its own app, available on Android and iOS ("1 star, would not snitch again"):

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  11. Jul 29

    There was a Trust & Safety journal-shaped hole in my life, but no longer. Honored to be on the editorial board, can't wait to read some slush pile...

    Today the Stanford Internet Observatory and are announcing a new cross-disciplinary, open access, fast peer-review journal, the Journal of Online Trust and Safety. Learn more, including how to submit, here:
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  12. Jul 8

    Any guesses as to what year the fully-loaded cost of a 4 year bachelor's degree in the US will hit $1M? 2040?

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  13. Jun 22

    Content moderation comes for everyone, eventually …

    Very cool system, Coca Cola
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  14. Jun 12

    No one serves up weekend hate reads like Bloomberg. "I don’t have a care about it at all ... If something needs to be done to save it,” [Peterffy] added, “it’s not going to be my problem.”

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  15. Jun 10

    I'm going to be pretty disappointed if Blackrock doesn't at least consider forming a "Blackacre Holdings" subsidiary and I doubt I'm the only one ...

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  16. Mar 3

    Little known application of Horseshoe Theory -- if you move far enough to the right Weavers are indistinguishable from Reavers...

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  17. Feb 26

    Does the definitive 5,000 word essay on Walter Benjamin and NFTs exist yet, and if so, could someone please direct me to it, thx ...

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  18. Jan 17

    I wonder if for the Bay Area tech diaspora, San Francisco is going to be like the Old Country, with elderly techies gathering at cafes in Miami and Austin to play boardgames and argue about San Francisco politics ...

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  19. Jan 17

    tell someone you care about them using other words; get into lipograms; learn to ride one of those "backwards bikes." Anyway, you get the idea. Suggestions welcome.

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  20. Jan 17

    I'm not sure how to fix this in time, but here are some things I've tried: go play some pool and only take bank shots; drive someplace familiar but only take left turns; play a piece of music in an unusual key; make a collage; watch Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers;

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