What Do Metrics Want? How Quantification Prescribes Social Interaction on Facebook

Introduction During a scene in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street film sequel, titled Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,1 the young trader Jake Moore asks investment bank CEO Bretton James a question: “What’s your number? The amount of money you would need to be able to walk away from it all and just live happily-ever-after. See, I find that everybody … Continue reading What Do Metrics Want? How Quantification Prescribes Social Interaction on Facebook