Boullier, Dominique.- « Preserving diversity in social networks architectures”

in Massit-Follea, F. , Méadel, C. and Monnoyer-Smith, L. (ed.), Normative Experience in Internet Politics, Paris: Presses de l’Ecole des Mines, 2012.

By analysing what is at stake in the captivity of all users with respect to a single platform of social network (i.e.Facebook), we aim not only to understand what is at stake in the social networks, but also to open the possibility for a public debate on the status of technical platforms. These now constitute the framework of our daily lives but at no point do ordinary users and citizens have the possibility to decide on their format, unless they adopt a “voice” posture, a provisional protest with little effect in this case or more radically an “exit” solution, abandoning the platform, with the substantial consequences that this can have.

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Reference for the bibliography :
Boullier, Dominique.- « Preserving diversity in social networks architectures”, in Massit-Follea, F. , Méadel, C. and Monnoyer-Smith, L. (ed.), Normative Experience in Internet Politics, Paris: Presses de l’Ecole des Mines, 2012.