I can read a lot of French newspapers with Google Translate and have them read quite comfortably. Ethan Zuckerman comfortablyfrenchgoogle Change image and share on social
Engineering serendipity is this idea that we can help people come across unexpected but helpful connections at a better than random rate. And in some ways it's based on trying to reassess this notion of serendipitous as lucky - to think of serendipitous as smart. Ethan Zuckerman baseconnectionengineer share on social
There's no locality on the web - every market is a global market. Ethan Zuckerman globallocalitymarket Change image and share on social
Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications. Ethan Zuckerman biasbiasebig Change image and share on social
The wider world is a click away, but whether we mean to or not, we're usually filtering it out. Ethan Zuckerman clickfilterwide Change image and share on social
When you sign up for Facebook, the service first searches for any mentions of your name and suggests you befriend anyone who has mentioned you in their posts. It then asks to access your e-mail account so you can connect with anyone with whom you regularly correspond. Ethan Zuckerman accessaccountask share on social
Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests these spikes are extremely short-lived, and that they may be decreasing in intensity. Ethan Zuckerman attentioncontrolcrisis share on social
Reddit names are unconnected to real-world identities and it's commonplace for users to create 'throwaway' accounts to reveal sensitive information. Ethan Zuckerman accountcommonplacecreate Change image and share on social
A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries. Ethan Zuckerman boundarycommoncommunication Change image and share on social
The Internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be. Ethan Zuckerman greatinternetleveller Change image and share on social
