Profile of Tracy Chou, diversity activist and founder of Block Party, which lets users filter out trolling and harassing Tweets so they can be reviewed later
When Tracy Chou decided to host a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” about online harassment over the summer, she knew it probably …
“Machine learning is not going to be the magical solution. People who think ML is going to solve everything are generally men who are enamoured with this technology.” https://www.protocol.com/...
“@triketora would like to eventually build Block Party APIs for social platforms, so that they can integrate the tool into their own platforms as a ‘trust and preferences layer.’ 'This stuff is cross-platform but platforms don't collaborate on this stuff.' https://www.protocol.co…
This app has been a game-changer for me. Highly recommend you support this and that investors actually put some money behind a tool that matters. https://twitter.com/...
thank you @anna_c_kramer @protocol for writing about the story behind @blockpartyapp_! it has been rather a dramatic quest to battle the trolls while navigating the relationship with platforms & apis, on the very uneven playing field of silicon valley https://www.protocol.com/...
Fascinated by @blockpartyapp_ after reading this article about the founder in @protocol. Dealing with online trolls is something I've been thinking about (and writing about) for years. https://www.protocol.com/...
“People shouldn't be afraid to avail themselves of social platforms just because they have ‘controversial’ ideas or an underrepresented background” @triketora on @blockpartyapp_ https://www.protocol.com/...