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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Apr 27

I disliked LinkedIn at first, but with a *lot* of strategic tuning I now find it OK.

It's good if you want engagement with practitioners.

Have yet to encounter any nazis there, it has that going for it

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Apr 10

just posted: "Advertising is an Emergent Property of Successful Platforms"
Short and sweet. With @dade_us
platformpapers.substack.com/p/advertisin...

Advertising is an Emergent Property of Successful Platforms

Plus a public wager

platformpapers.substack.com

Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Apr 7

Day 2 videos posted: 2025 Workshop on Platform Analytics www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

2025 Workshop on Platform Analytics - YouTube

The papers are available at https://platformanalytics.org/

www.youtube.com

Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Apr 5

We just posted Workshop on Platform Analytics Day 1 talk videos!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBp...

Gender Bias, Feedback, and Productivity: Marita Freimane (Zurich)

YouTube video by Workshop on Platform Analytics

www.youtube.com

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Mar 25

natural experiment alert
couponsinthenews.com/2025/03/24/c...

San Diego passes first-in-the-nation policy to ban digital-only coupons at grocery stores

The San Diego City Council has passed the Grocery Pricing Transparency Ordinance, requiring grocers to offer both digital and paper coupons to all customers, promoting equal access to grocery savings ...

www.yahoo.com

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Mar 21

I want a structure in which authors input seed projects with open code, data and prose ; and a second stage that enables reviewers to make direct contributions within a consensus-building mechanism and receive secondary credits. Goal: maximizing project quality rather than maintaining author control

Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Mar 12

We're looking forward to another great Workshop on Platform Analytics in San Diego! Registrations close March 23.
platformanalytics.org

Workshop on Platform Analytics

platformanalytics.org

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Hannes Ullrich @hannesullrich.com · Mar 1

This is an *amazing* IO conference coming up end of May, organized by @guenter-hitsch.bsky.social, Ali Hortaçsu, @sanjog.bsky.social, and Chad Syverson: econincubator.uchicago.edu/events/indus...

The University of Chicago

Event single page

econincubator.uchicago.edu

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Khoa @khoavuumn.bsky.social · Feb 23

Replacing "I hope this email finds you well" with "Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation." in all emails from now on.

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Dean Eckles @eckles.bsky.social · Feb 24

"The bottom 80% of earners spent 25% more than they did four years earlier, barely outpacing price increases of 21% over that period. The top 10% spent 58% more."
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Feb 17

I'm sorry but that's not identified

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Feb 6

I say "morning" to most strangers I pass by at any time of day and night, and even worse I'm starting to think it's OK

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Jeremy Merrill @jeremybmerrill.com · Feb 4

... ... did you know the US government has a dad joke website? www.fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad...

Dad Jokes | Fatherhood.gov

www.fatherhood.gov

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Feb 4

More people building alternatives on ATprotocol is important! It helps protect against enshittification and an evil takeover.

Exciting to see more people embrace an "I can build it" approach.

Also this is why open protocols are so important.

Jesse Stay (he/him) @stay.bsky.social · Feb 4

Bluesky, the product, isn’t Billionaire-proof. Your data is still stored centrally. I am determined to build the Billionaire-proof social network in the next month. It will use AT Protocol and automatically inherit the entire Bluesky user base for anyone that uses it.

Follow along for updates!

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Jan 30

Program posted: 2025 Workshop on Platform Analytics

platformanalytics.org

Workshop on Platform Analytics

platformanalytics.org

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Jimbo Brand @jamesbrandecon.bsky.social · Jan 17

New paper with @adam-n-smith.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Our paper develops a new approach for estimating demand nonparametrically while imposing economic constraints and comes with a new package, NPDemand.jl! Some things we do in the paper 1/

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Jūra Liaukonytė @jurawho.bsky.social · Dec 31

🚨Closing out 2024 with a new paper with @hristakeva.bsky.social and @leofeler.com: How GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are reshaping food demand and changing the rules of the game for the food industry.

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Jan 20

Natural confounded experiment alert.
www.cbsnews.com/news/tiktok-...

TikTok starts restoring service in the U.S. after shutting down over divest-or-ban law

President-elect Donald Trump vowed to issue an executive order on Monday to postpone the ban on TikTok from going into effect.

www.cbsnews.com

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Andrey Fradkin @andreyfradkin.bsky.social · Jan 11

It's a good time to mention that Seth Benzell and I have a podcast called Justified Posteriors discussing the economics of AI and other technologies. Our latest episode considers @timobres.bsky.social's paper on AI and Aggregate Growth.
empiricrafting.substack.com/p/beyond-tas...

Beyond Task Replacement

Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Aggregate Growth Prospects by Tim Bresnahan

empiricrafting.substack.com

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Jan 6

Remarkable context here.

Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · Jan 6

This is a thread about remaking the tech sector.

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Jan 2

natural experiment alert www.mass.gov/news/ag-camp...

www.mass.gov

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Dec 30

Not if it's owned by its users.

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The Verge @verge-poster.bsky.social · Dec 23

Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off customers and YouTubers - https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/23/24328268/honey-coupon-code-browser-extension-scam-influencers-affiliate-marketing

Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off influencers

Honey isn’t always the sweet deal it seems to be.

www.theverge.com

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Dec 20

This is a remarkable paper

www.steven-hamilton.com/s/241208_100...

Especially if you're interested in consumption, financial management and heterogeneity.

www.steven-hamilton.com

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Kenneth C Wilbur @kennethcwilbur.bsky.social · Dec 19

Hard disagree. I'm leaving anywhere that platforms Nazis. Paradox of tolerance

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