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“And it’s not just that the stories are great, it’s also the fact that Cowbird is beautifully designed, simple but interactive, a repository that seems to be in motion constantly, a place where depth is welcomed.”
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“Cowbird is poised to become a new cultural force on the Internet. It feels like hanging out in the stacks, looking and reading to your heart’s content. Cowbird is about quality and substance. A rare bird, indeed.”
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“Amid the clamor of most social media sites, on Cowbird everything slows down. It asks its viewers to linger over the single image of the women dancing and listen to their songs. There’s no rush. With that kind of beauty, why should there be?”
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“Cowbird is a single interconnected place where the stories get interwoven, allowing people to find and share stories they might otherwise not discover.”
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“The project is a brilliant remedy to the internet’s fast, often thoughtless content; it begs contemplation and allows for a more creative and intimate way of sharing experiences.”
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“Cowbird is determined to deepen the Web... We're all battling hyper-connectivity. Cowbird offers another option: technological slow food. This is not longer, it's longer-lasting.”
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“Fast and agile like a bird, slow and ruminant like a cow... designed to be a narrative alternative to the data mayhem that fills the web... a place where people can go deeply into the ‘ecstatic truth’ of human life.”
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“Cowbird shines a light in the darker corners that elude the gaze of most social spotlights. It’s a Facebook where people share more about what their lives are actually like, and in greater detail. It’s a project that aspires to no less than building a comprehensive public library of human experience.”
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“As the pool of stories grows, this will allow collective stories to emerge. Cowbird can dynamically create these, allowing readers to page through narratives, catching an event from all kinds of angles and circumstances, like a computational Rashomon.”
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“Cowbird aims to revive letter writing in the digital era — providing the Internet generation with a deeper, more reciprocal means of communication than shouting into a disconnected social media void.”
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“Everything about the site is designed to encourage reflection... a ‘contemplative, church-like environment’ with ‘core spiritual concepts’... Browsing Cowbird makes me feel happy. I think it's beautiful.”
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“In the cacophony of the internet, the emphasis on speed and volume can drown out richer and more immersive storytelling. Part of the problem is the existing platforms and what we've come to expect from them.”
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“A community of storytellers building an online library of human experience — Cowbird aims to focus on long-lasting and personal storytelling.”
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