[artinfo] billions: new email list on the impact of social media and big digital networks

[Geert Lovink]

Join billions by sending a blank email 
to <mailto:billions-subscribe at listcultures.org>billions-subscribe at listcultures.org

Billions is a new old-fashioned email list for sharing information 
related to the impacts of social media and big digital networks on 
our lives and our communities. It's a way for us to critically 
contribute to and keep track of the unfolding stories of social media 
and big digital across our planet, and to connect us with like-minded 
others.

Researchers, activists, artists, ai/crypto/engineers, and curious 
others are all welcome to join. Please share news items, academic 
research and other posts that may be relevant to the topic.

This list may evolve over time and become more defined, but for now 
we welcome you to join and share news, events and other information 
related to social media and big digital networks.

You can join the billions email list by sending a blank email 
to <mailto:billions-subscribe at listcultures.org>billions-subscribe at listcultures.org - 
or reply to this message indicating your interest to join, and I can 
add you directly to the list.

Please note that your spam filter may identify emails from the list 
as junk/spam - so please check your appropriate folders or whitelist 
the address.

Please do share this invitation with others who may be interested.

Thanks to the Institute of Network Cultures for facilitating the 
hosting of billions.

Best, Sam

Sam de Silva is an informal researcher, and implementer who has most 
recently been working with the not-for-profit Internews to 
support  journalists, activists and coders in Sri Lanka and a number 
of countries in Asia - and helping to support the good, and counter 
the bad and the ugly of social media and big digital networks. He 
currently lives in Melbourne.