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Jessa Lingel

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Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

For years, Craigslist operated out of an old Victorian house in San Francisco, before moving out in 2010. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

February 19, 2020

Craigslist turns 25 – a reminder that a more democratic version of the internet can still thrive

Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania

Remember when websites didn’t rely on user data for profit margins, when values like anonymity and transparency were celebrated?

In the mid-1990s, body modification enthusiasts – a long-ostracized subculture – created an online community that incorporated blogs, dating and wikis. philippe leroyer/flickr

March 28, 2017

How Facebook – the Walmart of the internet – dismantled online subcultures

Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania

Even though Facebook claims to be a global community, its rise has come at the expense of online subcultures for marginalized people, from body modification enthusiasts to drag queens.

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