About

The perspective I hope to add to the conversation is one developed through the lens of communications – that is, decades of working with flows of information have allowed me to see narratives and contextualize trends within the online sphere a bit differently than others might. I don't have my fingers on the pulse of every trend, but over the past two decades I've followed the overarching patterns in engagement tactics, algorithmic evolutions, data surveillance, marketization of community and widening gaps in digital literacy.

When I write I imagine I'm speaking to my contemporaries, my family and friends, and curious thought seekers. My perspective is not based in academia and I intentionally try to avoid exclusivity in my prose. I don't write for "in groups", in my work I've always cared most about reaching pedestrian audiences – people who care about what's happening but may not have the time to contextualize things.

I'm largely nonpartisan but I do have biases that I try to recognize. I'm still detangling myself from modes of neoliberalism and binary political thinking. I will do my very best not to assert authority over subjects I have no business fucking with. 

I welcome questions and comments relevant to my writing and am eager to both "find my people" and help get others up to speed. Oh and I never use genAI to write and have strong feelings about its harms to both individual cognition and global health.

I'm not interested in connecting this blog to other personal accounts, and I'll share more about myself progressively throughout the posts, but otherwise I really like my privacy. You can call me Saragh.