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Tag Archives: FAANG
Reddit’s disrespectful design
An overview of Reddits seemingly counter-productive changes. Source: Reddit’s disrespectful design The author says, “I’ve stopped using Reddit mostly because I no longer wanted to support a site that has aggressively started to employ disrespectful design patterns.” Excuse me, but … Continue reading
Congress, in a Five-Hour Hearing, Demands Tech CEOs Censor the Internet Even More Aggressively – Glenn Greenwald
We are taught from childhood that a defining hallmark of repressive regimes is that political officials wield power to silence ideas and people they dislike, and that, conversely, what makes the U.S. a “free” society is the guarantee that American … Continue reading
“I will slaughter you” | daniel.haxx.se
Source: “I will slaughter you” | daniel.haxx.se “I lost my family, my country my friends, my home and 6 years of work trying to build a better place for posterity. And it has beginnings in that code. That code is … Continue reading
Facebook “Supreme Court” overrules company in 4 of its first 5 decisions | Ars Technica
As you can see, Facebook has to make decisions on a wide range of topics, from ethnic conflict to health information. Often, Facebook is forced to choose sides between deeply antagonistic groups—Democrats and Republicans, Armenians and Azerbaijanis, public health advocates … Continue reading
The Ad Contrarian: Facebook’s Year Of Disgrace
Facebook’s Year Of Disgrace Here are 29 ways the “move fast and break things” jerk-offs soiled our lives in 2019. Source: The Ad Contrarian: Facebook’s Year Of Disgrace This was just 2019, and I’m recording it here to move it … Continue reading
Paul Graham on Why Billionaires Build
The ideal combination is the group of founders who are “living in the future” in the sense of being at the leading edge of some kind of change, and who are building something they themselves want. Most super-successful startups are … Continue reading
Not completely related to personal accounts being banned, but something that hap… | Hacker News
It’s incredibly scary that Google’s moderation bots can be a single point of failure for a business employing 20+ people. Source: Not completely related to personal accounts being banned, but something that hap… | Hacker News When you’re starting a … Continue reading
Big Tech to face its Ma Bell moment? US House Dems demand break-up of ‘monopolists’ Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google • The Register
Of course, there is still a long way to go before any of the report’s recommendations become a reality. Even within the committee, there is not unanimity, with some Republican members expressing concerns over breaking up companies in particular. Republicans … Continue reading
On Monopolies, Apple, and Epic – iA
Google has built a complete monopoly on search. Amazon uses the sales data of its resellers to continuously expand and solidify market dominance. Facebook copies the competitors that they can’t bully into being bought to keep their dominant market position. … Continue reading
Amazon and AI/ML
At this point in our glorious capitalistic society, it’s the companies who are running the country, and they’ve got us by the short hairs. Who could have guessed, even 25 years ago, that the American public would literally fall over … Continue reading