This article looks at how the new social media platform BeReal structures its app to enforce what is called an expository society through behaviour modification and how it plays into societies of control, compromising user privacy.
This article discusses Tinder's game design elements, its variable rewards, and the power relations between Tinder and its users that permeate the app.
An investigation into how e-commerce companies like Wish affect core-countries as well as (semi-)peripheries, and whether this is mostly positive or negative.
GetContact is a recent app that got its wave of hype in February 2018. The official aim of GetContact is to block spam messages and identify calls on your phone. However, it can also be viewed as another way to threaten our privacy.
