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by HNthrow22 7y ago
>> "Besides, I'm pretty sure banning is only gonna make those community feels like they are being persecuted for being right and itching the man. >>They then will proceed to find another place that is less easy to cont
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by HNthrow22 7y ago
To clarify you're responding to a comment I've quoted from another user- The issue becomes with the internet being able to silence all dissent and create re-enforcing echo chmabers. The forces at play are not stupid and they targe
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by HNthrow22 7y ago
There's a huge difference between covering terrible events as a news story and providing the platform for content engineered to divide and radicalize to proliferate to millions. Also yes YouTube should be liable, not for the video of t
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by HNthrow22 7y ago
> Facebook has no clue what kind of stuff gets posted on their platform, and their AI isn't powerful enough to detect it. The idea that Facebook is causing/enabling such behaviors is ridiculous. I contend as a society we should
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
Tied to real identity - given the current state of the net one could make a case that the S Korean system of requiring gov ID # for all online signups would be an improvement, of course that opens the door to serious abuse but at this point
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
Agreed, beyond conditioning a generation of addictive consumers the narrative has never been more muddied and easily manipulated. Facts no longer matter and that's terrifying. The world needs to figure out how to “put into place very
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
Wow, thanks for sharing, unbelievable story, hope you can find a quick resolution. Hopefully the buzz from this post ends up being a net positive for your business. To anyone questioning why breaking up big tech is important, just imagine d
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
amplified by the new model of game design to drive loot box sales above all else, which means fun gameplay is no longer a priority compared to designing systems that encourage users to spend on microtransactions, especially addictive-person
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
You are 100% correct, I made a similar post and had it flagged/deleted, albeit with a bit more anger in mine. Give up man, this is a safe space for the white SV bros to hang out, they delete articles about minorities/black people
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
Let's not get ahead of ourselves here, BBC iplayer crashed during a ENGvSWE quarterfinal and YouTubeTV went down for 50 minutes during ENGvCRO just a few days ago. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
All things that feel good and releases dopamine ≠ equally addictive. Video games have reached levels of immersion higher than other forms of entertainment, add real $ loot boxes to that and it's clear publishers should worry about this
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
see the interview with his first wife: As we danced at our wedding reception, Elon told me, "I am the alpha in this relationship." I shrugged it off, just as I would later shrug off signing the postnuptial agreement, but as time
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
Disappointing to see this flagged/removed with no explanation.
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
Share a similar cynical view of this, smells like a preemptive CYA move. Reminds me casinos with the help numbers for gambling addicts posted. There's been high profile articles shining a light on the predatory design tactics in tech r
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by HNthrow22 8y ago
I see a lot of comments reading into this with convoluted explanations when it's simply that tv/film is an escapist medium and most people 'live vicariously' through the main protagonist or the character(s) they relate w
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by HNthrow22 9y ago
I had a driver once mention a promotion uber was running for their drivers if you hit "X rides' in a certain time period you'd receive a $Y cash bonus - the catch was the system made it extremely difficult but not impossible