Grateful to be working within the Harvard community today. As a former tech industry engineer, I am more dedicated than ever to building tech on the right side of history.
Chelsea Baltierra Johnson
@chelseajonsn.bsky.social
💅 Principal Software Eng, Applied Social Media Lab @ Berkman Klein Center, Harvard 💪🏽🇲🇽 🥄 Prosocial tech from the social outskirts ✊🏽 From big tech to rebel alliance
New from me: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed: www.propublica.org/article/face...
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...
propublica.org
We've transactionalized networking to the point where I wonder if that's now getting in the way of establishing authentic connections. We need to normalize connecting with and meeting new people to build an authentic community and nothing more.