Filed under 'timhwang'
➠ April 26, 2011
Are You Following a Bot?
Atlantic article on the Web Ecology Project’s ace Socialbots game, where teams of software bots “played” to influence regular Twitter users.
“There’s a lot of potential for a lot of evil here,” admits Hwang. “But there’s also a lot of potential for a lot of good.”
➠ February 16, 2011
Tim Hwang - Exterminate Exterminate
Tim’s 5-minute talk at last week’s Ignite SF, covering his recently run social-battlebots contest. Must watch!
➠ June 26, 2009
Web Ecology Project: The Iranian Election on Twitter: The First Eighteen Days
Great report from a group of Boston-area smartfolks led by Tim Hwang, on what’s been going on on Twitter over the last few weeks.
➠ June 5, 2009
The Awesome Foundation Seeks Awesome Trustees
Can you contribute $100 a month in the pursuit of encouraging Awesome? Become a micro-trustee for a micro-genius grant.