Issuecrawler 1.0 and Social Media

Digital Methods Advanced Projects Program, 9 August 2010Anne Helmond - anne@digitalmethods.net

“The 2.0 denotes an ‘improved’ or progressional version of the web that builds upon and develops Web 1.0. [...] Implicitly rooted in this vision of the web is a sense of teleological progress, of purposeful and directed development, of continual and designed improvement.” (Beer 2010: 986)

How Web 1.0 is the IssueCrawler?

in Web 1.0 hyperlinks mainly link to static pages and objects and in

Web 2.0 the hyperlink links to dynamic pages and objects

“In general terms, Web 2.0 is a concept that forms part of the lexicon of a range of emerging accounts that commentate on a large-scale shift toward a ‘participatory’ and ‘collaborative’ version of the web, where users are able to get involved and create content.” (Beer 2010: 986)

social buttons, inviting social activity, point to the central

role of social media platforms

Google no longer the entry point to the web

Hitwise

activity in social media

social activity on the web

does all social activity on the web create a link?

What types of associations are on display in hyperlinks (‘reading between the links’), and what could be the shapes of spaces demarcated by link associations? (Rogers 2009)

links as the currency of the webvs

likes as the currency of the web

The volatility of methods

● Internet methods are incessantly volatile due to the update culture of the Internet itself.

● Digital methods may be volatile if we build tools (scrapers, crawlers, plugins) on top of devices that change.

● Changing APIs and changing interfaces

● API calls are the new scarcity online

Types of links

● What new types of hyperlinks are created by platforms?

● What new types of associations of hyperlinks are created by social media?

● How do devices handle these new acts of associations?

● How have the outlink and inlink changed with the advent of sharing, liking and recommending?

IssueCrawler 2.0

● How are networks formed in 2.0? One could argue that a network is formed through liking, sharing and saving in addition to linking.

● What are the web native objects and characteristics that form networks in the 2.0?

● What is the role of platforms in the formation of networks in 2.0?

Types of links

● What new types of hyperlinks are created by platforms?

● What new types of associations of hyperlinks are created by social media?

● How have the outlink and inlink changed with the advent of sharing, liking and recommending?

● How do devices handle these new types of 'links' in demarcating spheres and recommendation?

Platform dependency

● What is the platform dependency of issues?

● Which platforms are returned for which issues?

● Which platforms are 'liked' by search engines?

● What new types of hyperlinks are created by platforms?

Cross-platform syndication

● How does content fow in the network? The end of the page, the birth of the stream.

● Considering the politics of platforms, are some platforms more central than others?

● How open or closed are these platforms and how does this afect mapping?

Platform dependency

● What is the platform dependency of issues?

● Which platforms are returned for which issues?

● Which platforms do search engine 'like'?

● What new types of hyperlinks are created by platforms?