[spectre] Commodify Us: Our Data Our Terms.

[marc garrett]

Hi Heath,

Very true, and your suggestion is closer to my original text.

However, I decided to not include other information regarding the 
'political and military contexts', in such a literal way.

Thus leaving room the project 'Commodify.Us' itself, to breath on its 
own terms, rather than me imposing my own overall political intentions 
onto it. I think the article would of suffered...

The project is about approaching radical economies as a 'positive' and 
cultural shift which demonstrates how (some) contemporary Hacktivists 
are developing software that offer realistic infrastrucutures, based 
around service. And through this process inspires actual legacy as part 
of an emancipatory process for those who may not be part of a typical 
activist tendency, but wishing to find a way in somehow.

Wishing you well, as always…

marc


> On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, marc garrett wrote:
>
> not bad, but
>
> there is a lot more going on than people's data being analysed for 
> commercial exploitation eg: direct marketing
>
> also this project totally ignores both the political and military 
> value of the data
>
> the true value of platforms like facebook is its owning of the 
> commerical, politcal and military information spheres
>
> they own the territory
>


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