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Losing Face: An Environmental Analysis of Privacy on Facebook ^[1] is a draft (posted for comment) that has been submitted to law reviews for publication (read more here ^[2]). Losing Face is a heavily revised and refined adaptation of my honors thesis ^[3] for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Critical Legal Studies Department, which was profiled in the New York Times ^[4] in the summer of 2009. Losing Face examines the privacy problems of Facebook, develops a conceptual framework to explain what went wrong, and draws upon insights from sociology, behavioral economics, and human-computer interaction to suggest solutions. This is a working paper/draft, not for publication. Please contact me before citing.

Essays/Posts

WePay: The First Bank of OWS, and Why It Changes Everything ^[5]. Some thoughts on the role of financial intermediaries in supporting disaggregated political movements.
Facebook, J30Strike, and the Discontents of Algorithmic Dispute Resolution ^[6]. A comment, from the dispute resolution angle, on the civic censorship controversy originally posted here ^[7] and here ^[8], as well as picked up by MotherJones ^[9]. Originally appeared ^[10] on the NCTDR ^[11] website.
Nobody Knows What Google+ Is Yet. And That’s Awesome ^[12]. Some early thoughts on how Google plus might be like – or unlike – its apparent competitors in the social media space.
Gladwell’s “Small Change” Misses The Mark ^[13]. Some thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell’s rejection of social media as being politically meaningful.
Mapping Banned Books ^[14]. Announcing the launch of the Mapping Banned Books Project ^[15]. Originally posted to the Unabashedly Bookish ^[16] weblog, archived locally here. ^[17]
In Praise Of [Some] DDoSs? ^[18] An exploration of how we calibrate punishment based on the political or moral character of an action, and whether we should do the same for acts of hacktivism.
Saving With Shoeboxes: An Open Letter To My Bank ^[19]. A reflection on some behavioral economics research into the creation of meaningful mental taxonomies of assets and its implications for online banking.

Update: see also In Search of Shoeboxes: Goodbye BoA, Hello ING! ^[20]

What’s In A (User) Name? Facebook’s Contribution to Online Dispute Creation ^[21]. Coauthored with Professor Ethan Katsh of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution ^[11], this short piece briefly describes some of the potential benefits and drawbacks of the new Facebook Username ^[22] system from an online dispute resolution perspective.

Newspapers/Magazines/Popular Press

Defending the Banned Books Map ^[23]. A rebuttal of Mitchell Muncy’s ^[24] attack on the Banned Books Map ^[25]. Originally published on Thursday, October 1, in the Wall Street Journal.
In Re: Only Mr God Knows Why. ^[26] A letter to the editor about Eurovision and Epic Sax Guy. Originally published in the Letters to the Editor section of The New Yorker, June 2010.

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[1] Losing Face: An Environmental Analysis of Privacy on Facebook: http://etc.cpeterson.org/research/workingpapers/2010/losingface_workingpaper.pdf

[2] read more here: http://www.cpeterson.org/2010/01/06/losing-face-an-environmental-analysis-of-privacy-on-facebook/

[3] my honors thesis: http://etc.cpeterson.org/research/workingpapers/2009/savingface_workingpaper.pdf

[4] profiled in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/06/29/29readwriteweb-a-closer-look-at-facebooks-new-privacy-opti-20709.html?pagewanted=1

[5] WePay: The First Bank of OWS, and Why It Changes Everything: http://www.cpeterson.org/2011/10/21/wepay-the-bank-of-ows-and-why-it-changes-everything/

[6] Facebook, J30Strike, and the Discontents of Algorithmic Dispute Resolution: http://www.cpeterson.org/2011/10/15/facebook-j30strike-and-the-discontents-of-algorithmic-dispute-resolution/

[7] here: http://www.cpeterson.org/2011/06/20/facebook-censors-citizen-activism-website/

[8] here: http://www.cpeterson.org/2011/06/20/reflections-on-facebook-vs-jstrike30/

[9] picked up by MotherJones: http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/why-did-facebook-block-uk-strike-website?utm_source=feedburner

[10] appeared: http://odr.info/node/71

[11] NCTDR: http://odr.info

[12] Nobody Knows What Google+ Is Yet. And That’s Awesome: http://www.cpeterson.org/2011/07/28/google-isnt-quite-a-thing-yet-but-its-fascinating/

[13] Gladwell’s “Small Change” Misses The Mark: http://www.cpeterson.org/2010/10/08/gladwells-small-change-misses-the-mark/

[14] Mapping Banned Books: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/Mapping-Banned-Books/bc-p/395990#M2001

[15] Mapping Banned Books Project: http://mappingbannedbooks.org

[16] Unabashedly Bookish: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Unabashedly-Bookish/bg-p/UnabashedlyBookish

[17] here.: http://www.cpeterson.org/2009/10/03/mapping-banned-books-project/

[18] In Praise Of [Some] DDoSs?: http://www.cpeterson.org/2009/07/21/in-praise-of-some-ddoss/

[19] Saving With Shoeboxes: An Open Letter To My Bank: http://www.cpeterson.org/2009/07/23/saving-with-shoeboxes-an-open-letter-to-my-bank/

[20] In Search of Shoeboxes: Goodbye BoA, Hello ING!: http://www.cpeterson.org/2010/03/03/in-search-of-shoeboxes-goodbye-boa-hello-ing/

[21] What’s In A (User) Name? Facebook’s Contribution to Online Dispute Creation: http://www.odr.info/more.php?id=1908_0_1_0_M

[22] Facebook Username: http://facebook.com/username

[23] Defending the Banned Books Map: http://www.cpeterson.org/2009/10/01/wsj-censorship-reponse/

[24] Mitchell Muncy’s: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574420882837440304.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[25] Banned Books Map: http://www.cpeterson.org/2009/08/05/mapping-out-banned-books/

[26] In Re: Only Mr God Knows Why.: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/letters/2010/07/12/100712mama_mail1

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