Robin Berjontweets archive

2022

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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
As you may recall: • MIT partly hosts W3C, but withdraws Dec 31 • A W3C nonprofit needs to take over on Jan 1 • MIT has assets (dues, contracts, IP…) to transfer to new W3C • I was elected to the W3C Board & in the negotiations Two weeks from cutover it's going… poorly. 🧵
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
This isn't a glitch of the recommendation algorithm. Amazon is actively protecting its right to sell suicide kits to minors.
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
I am delighted, honoured, and humbled to announce that I have been elected to the @w3c's first Board of Directors. Many thanks to those who organised a clean and effective election, to the Membership for voting, and to all candidates for a respectful, caring campaign!
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
I'm delighted to report that MIT and the W3C have reached an agreement and that the W3C will kick off 2023 with funds and assets. Many thanks for all your support and to all those who worked towards reaching an agreement. Enjoy the holidays!
Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·
As you may recall: • MIT partly hosts W3C, but withdraws Dec 31 • A W3C nonprofit needs to take over on Jan 1 • MIT has assets (dues, contracts, IP…) to transfer to new W3C • I was elected to the W3C Board & in the negotiations Two weeks from cutover it's going… poorly. 🧵
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Robin Berjon @robinberjon ·

Replying to @blagojevism

And part of the issue is that we haven't removed gatekeeping, rather we've replaced a largish population of gatekeepers in their own domain with a tiny number of gatekeeping recommendation algorithms. The loss of recommendation diversity is quite worrying.
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