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Hey HN, I created a Gmail sidebar add on to display all Google Drive Documents(github.com)
1 points by ankit219 6y ago|1 comments
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by ankit219 6y ago
I hope so too. Though I have a different theory on how the public would react. Australian users of FB/Instagram can't share links to any news website. But they can share screenshots and memes about the news. Even videos. The other
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by ankit219 6y ago
Oh. Thank you. I searched for something similar, and maybe missed it, cos I was looking for the word innovation
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Looking for an article shared on innovation, but cant find it
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by ankit219 6y ago
One key thing I like is that no social product induces a totally new behavior. Facebook enabled everyone to publish his thoughts (post news feed) and then Insta allowed everyone to be a photographer, while tiktok did the same for video crea
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How Social networks will evolve post pandemic(indiastack.substack.com)
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by ankit219 6y ago
Part of the things that you mentioned in your experience, "us v them" ideology, reverse burden of proof are all a defining characteristic of any forum that thrives. And, arguably, its not a bug it's a feature. Typically, a fo
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by ankit219 6y ago
I sure hope we get a better company. Though I dont know if good people want to start such companies and if the VCs want to fund them (dont see a way for a big social network without VC money. I may be wrong)
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by ankit219 6y ago
Then the solution is not wishing for FB to die but to ask for new laws and regulations thus defining the boundary where any FB like company can operate in the future. In my reply I decoupled the two. I thought not wanting anything from regu
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by ankit219 6y ago
Wont really solve anything. Social connection and interaction is a fundamental human need and if FB goes away some other company would be fulfilling that and we probably would be going through a similar cycle again. Edit: Assuming there are
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by ankit219 6y ago
NB: Writing from a perspective of someone who grew up in a conservative society (Tier 2-3 city in India), and may have a different take. Porn has become one of those buzzwords which triggers an emotional response and is used as a political
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by ankit219 6y ago
They wont. The article is written from a very one dimensional perspective and clutching at straws in some places. (I do believe that there is some merit in FB's argument about Small businesses, while I dont think those businesses conti
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by ankit219 6y ago
As a startup, sometimes it comes intuitively and sometimes you are advised, you cant take on an incumbent by doing the same things they do. eg: I cant compete with Expedia or Trip.com by just showing the results they show. I cant compete wi
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by ankit219 6y ago
I am the Co Founder of Noomi[1], and we are trying to rethink the way Forums work. Our approach is somewhat different, we believe that forums were made for early web and have not evolved for the time where everyone has access to the interne
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by ankit219 6y ago
Scott Alexander in one of the essays said it right. He did look at Voat as an example when he did. His quote (from point III) > if you’re against witch-hunts, and you promise to found your own little utopian community where witch-hunts w
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by ankit219 6y ago
There are various cases where the onus is on book writer or publisher to show the intent was good faith and not defamation. Look at the case of The Wire v Arnab Goswami a couple of years back, or even the current Priya Ramani case. This is
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by ankit219 6y ago
I do think that users opting in is an insufficient response. A lot of users opt in for things they do not understand. (Terms and conditions of any site or app for example). For tech savvy users with the plug in, they will be smart enough t
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by ankit219 6y ago
Thanks for the link. I agree odds would be slim, but this can potentially set a precedent for others to do similar things. Imagine, in the future, a new company comes up with similar add-in claiming to scan ads, and take more data than need
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by ankit219 6y ago
It's gonna get worse. Criminal Defamation laws in India put the onus on the defendant (Poonia, dont know legal terms) to show that he did not defame the company, or to show that he did it in interest of public good. They are skewed tow
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by ankit219 6y ago
WhiteHat Jr. abuses the DMCA and copyright policies to take down accounts and content. There was this article [1] where they detailed it really well (its a long article and requires login) > It seems that fairly early on, WhiteHat Jr fig
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by ankit219 6y ago
For once, can we have articles (or even opinion pieces) which try to explain the context and position of both sides rather than pieces such as these. These kind of writings do nothing to change the mind of anyone. For someone who hates FB a
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Ask HN: How do you find more people who share your interests/passions?
1 points by ankit219 6y ago|1 comments
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by ankit219 6y ago
I said that based on experience as a travel entrepreneur. There is a sentiment in investors about travel being a cold market, and many arent interested outright(regardless of traction). Airbnb was an exception given they had good people bac
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by ankit219 6y ago
The internet is rife with blogs (and now podcasts) about what can be a billion dollar startup ideas. It just depends on where someone sees an opportunity and exploits it. (not as easy, but thats about the crux of it) I wanted to touch upon
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by ankit219 6y ago
I checked my phone to see if the same pattern is repeated. Under default settings, Youtube, Chrome, Google play store, and other services do send data to Google. You can disable it, there are options for disabling mobile data, wifi data, an
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by ankit219 6y ago
I am building that(for all interests) here at Noomi[1]. (Link to get yourself registered for early access) Regarding specific communities, HN, Github, and stackoverflow does a great job of finding other people interested in programming. Red
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One key insight I found from the article is the distinction between European Commission and US approach when it comes to innovation and investment in tech. > Third, Google will argue that its deals for Android distribution and the tying
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by ankit219 6y ago
Google and FB both argued that they send traffic worth of 200M to these publishers? What if they start charging for clicks? Earlier the argument was that they were doing it for free and not getting anything out of it. Now, since they have t
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by ankit219 6y ago
We also had to take care of the few folks who signed up with wrong password(in the sense that they never intended the password to start with a capital letter.). Changing the field value was a part of it - applicable for all new users. The c
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by ankit219 6y ago
I agree with you on most parts, but not about keeping your errors at zero. In a fast moving environment, there will be mistakes or things that are missed. ideally, bugs should not have any attached meaning - yes there was an issue and now i

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