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@kylethayer.com

"Social Media, Ethics, and Automation" is a free textbook written by me and @susannotess.bsky.social We teach new programmers to write social media bots (including Bsky), and think about the ethics of what they did. Visit the textbook here: social-media-ethics-automation.github.io/book/bsky/in...

social-media-ethics-automation.github.ioSocial Media, Ethics, and AutomationFree textbook on programming social media bots and considering the ethical implications of having done so. Automation drives our experience of social media platforms, from timeline feeds to disinfo...

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@kylethayer.com

And here is a blog post on design of our textbook: medium.com/@kyle.thayer...

medium.comSocial Media, Ethics, and Automation (we wrote a textbook!)Along with most people in my college dorms, I was excited to join Facebook as soon as they opened it up to my university. I had been using…