Alexis Ohanian
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Ohanian cofounded the popular social-news website Reddit and is a frequent speaker on issues affecting the Internet community. He operates with the stated aim of “making the world suck less.”
danah boyd
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boyd is a senior researcher at Microsoft Research and a research assistant professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University.
Eli Pariser
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Now chief executive for Upworthy.com, Pariser was executive director of the political organizing site MoveOn.org from 2004 through 2008. He is the author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You.
Guy Kawasaki
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Kawasaki says he’s a “recovering" Apple employee, where he was first a “software evangelist” and then “chief evangelist.” His unique role, as he put it, was to “lead the charge against worldwide domination by IBM.”
Rachel Sterne
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Sterne is chief digital officer for New York City, responsible for overseeing the city’s digital-media strategy under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Prior to that, she founded GroundReport, a global-news platform. She was also a digital-strategy consultant and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School.