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Really great piece by @sarahjeong about how #Facebook binds us through the automation of #EmotionalLabor:
"It’s hard to pin down what Facebook is because the platform replaces labor that was previously invisible. We have a hard time figuring out what Facebook actually is because we have a hard time admitting that at least part of what it supplanted is emotional labor — hard and valuable work that no one wants to admit was work to begin with."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/28/17293056/facebook-deletefacebook-social-network-monopoly #deletefacebook
@mattcropp @sarahjeong The quote you highlighted is the key insight, I think - people want to say that data is the commodity we are giving away but I think it is the commodification of emotional labor (and more -- creativity, humor, mutual support) that needs to be rejected so we can do that labor in a cooperative and free setting.