This document discusses privilege in the context of social media and the internet. It acknowledges privileges like internet access, the ability to communicate, and supportive online communities. It warns that machine learning and algorithms risk creating echo chambers and guided messaging if they are not kept in check by human curation. The document advocates taking back the web for decent, thinking and loving humans and using privileges to help others gain access to learning, communication, and communities.

1. Taking the vile out of privilege
Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) Reasons.to 2018
(Not the SmashingConf talk – less technical)

2. “Chris, can you do the
keynote at reasons?
Something about social
media or something…”

3. Been there,
done that!
(they had no T-Shirts)
youtube.com/watch?v=gnbLLQwZxeA

4. Not linking that shit…
https://dejanseo.com.au/competitor-hack/

5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque

6. Not much changed since I worried about social
media being not a social thing.
A lot has been said on that topic.
It didn’t make much of a difference, though.

7. What is social
media about?
Who is
running the
show?

8. Basically…
EVERYTHING IS FUCKED

9. Twitter

10. Instagram

11. Facebook

12. Homework:
You can run,
but you will
be tracked…
bit.ly/fit-tracked

13. Homework:
Excellent
analysis
bit.ly/social-media-change

14. Homework:
In case you
still sleep
soundly...
bit.ly/rich-survive

15. beyondtellerrand.com/events/duesseldorf-
2018/speakers/mike-monteiro
Viewing tip:
Ranty old
man skewers
social media
companies

16. I like people, so
let’s focus on
better things.
https://amzn.to/2nBSFJl

17. First of all, let’s chill:
You can’t make
everybody happy.
You are not pizza.

18. @TheTigerLillies

19. @TheTigerLillies

20. @TheTigerLillies

21. Privilege

22. Privilege

23. Dina Amin
dinaamin.com
Beyond Tellerand Munich 2018
Feeling privileged is incredibly
empowering.

24. Privilege

25. Prilovege

26. Prilovege

27. Internet Access Love of learning
Ability to
communicate
A supportive
community

28. Internet Access Love of learning
Ability to
communicate
A supportive
community
Let’s use our privilege:
▪ How can we help
with these things?
▪ What can make us
happier about
them?
▪ What to avoid when
we deal with these
things?

29. Internet Access

30. Internet access is
a flaky and very
complex topic.

31. Does your
product really
have to be an
app?

32. Can we stop
clogging our
interfaces and the
web with crap?
twitter.com/HugoGiraudel/status/1029350921183133697

33. The bullshit web is
a thing… ☺
pxlnv.com/blog/bullshit-web
deathtobullshit.com

34. Reader modes (!)

35. Love of learning

36. The internet can
be an amazing
learning resource
Khan Academy
Pluralsight
Lynda.com
Skillshare
YouTube
TED(x)
Coursera
Udemy
Open Culture Online Courses
Open University Courses
Commercial Courses (Microsoft /
Adobe / Google)
…

37. The problem is a
lack of patience…

38. Excellent formats to
whet your appetite
for more…
youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt

39. Excellent formats to
whet your appetite
for more…
netflix.com/de-en/title/80216752

40. The hype train
doesn’t stop.
🚄AI🚃Blockchain 🚃 CRISPR 🚃 Quantum Computing…

41. The fun of learning
online is the
“hacking” part..
twitter.com/mspowahs/status/1032738596992606209

42. Sooner or later,
however, it is time
to dig deeper.
Let’s guide people
instead of shutting
them up with a
quick answer…

43. Ability to
communicate

44. Asking for help
often raises more
questions…
twitter.com/tpolecat/status/1032011978468777984

45. How we
communicate
encourages or
repels people…

46. Badgering people
brings business,
but it also has
nasty side effects…
bit.ly/nopanictext

47. People stuck in their
ways are bad
educators…

48. Can we stop
favouring speed
over understanding?

49. A supportive
community

50. Community

51. Comemunity

52. Gommunity

53. http://bit.ly/will-wont
Perpetuating
prejudices does not
a new community
make…
bit.ly/will-wont

54. http://bit.ly/will-wont
Not repeating ungrounded, but successful
messages means not feeding trolls.

55. http://bit.ly/will-wont
People donate
their time and
wisdom to build
communities; it’s
just the decent
thing to do to do
the same.

56. http://bit.ly/will-wont
We all started
somewhere. It is
more important to
recognize an effort
than to applaud a
perfect result.

57. http://bit.ly/will-wontHonesty in helping
is important.

58. In conclusion…

59. We are online
We can learn new,
exciting thingsWe can
communicate
We can join, build
and influence
communities
We enjoy quite a lot of privilege…

60. All of these things are dependent on an
open, human-curated and created web.

61. Machine learning convenience is tempting…

62. But it increases the danger of echo
chambers and guided messaging…

63. Let’s be human, damn it…
Let’s take back the web for decent, thinking
and loving humans…

64. Thanks!
Chris Heilmann
@codepo8
christianheilmann.com