Every attempt to define digital architectures must account for an excess or ambiguity that clues us into something fundamental, or operative about their structure. The ambiguity of platforms is this: they are the architecture of the digital public sphere. The way platforms work obscures the need to question their rules and structure. As Martin Kenny puts it, the “proliferation of labels” associated to digital platforms, signifies that “we are unclear about their dynamics and directions” (3). Instead of discerning a satisfying and final
A Quick Note on Platforms
A Quick Note on Platforms
A Quick Note on Platforms
Every attempt to define digital architectures must account for an excess or ambiguity that clues us into something fundamental, or operative about their structure. The ambiguity of platforms is this: they are the architecture of the digital public sphere. The way platforms work obscures the need to question their rules and structure. As Martin Kenny puts it, the “proliferation of labels” associated to digital platforms, signifies that “we are unclear about their dynamics and directions” (3). Instead of discerning a satisfying and final