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by annadane 7y ago
Under -current, though.
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by annadane 7y ago
I think what pisses me off the most about FB is they used to be legitimately good, then over time slowly boiled the frog, less and less privacy, more features people don't want, so people begrudgingly put up with it now rather than tru
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by annadane 8y ago
Radicalization aside, is anyone just annoyed with how much worse the recommendations are compared to how they were? Damn near impossible to discover anything given how biased it is towards "popular" content as opposed to, y'k
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by annadane 8y ago
Unfortunately I know next to nothing about writing themes :(
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Are there dark themes for HN which also incorporate algolia?
5 points by annadane 8y ago|3 comments
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by annadane 8y ago
And all the higher ups leave the company out of disgust for their destructive impact in the world, when? About now? How about now? Is now a good time?
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by annadane 8y ago
This is what pisses me off. I'm more than willing to criticize Facebook when they deserve it but IMO the media blitzkrieg has said more about the media than Facebook. Not that FB hasn't done scummy things but my faith in the whole
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by annadane 8y ago
What bothers me is imagining what board room conversation led to that decision. Here's a piece of information, that benefits the consumer, and they took it away. It's hard to see much motivation beyond "it makes money, by sel
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by annadane 8y ago
How many other social media companies? Curious.
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by annadane 8y ago
That's fair.
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by annadane 8y ago
It depends where you come from. Not everyone is aware of the extent of lobbying. And, it may be - not necessarily - that FB does it more than other companies. These are all details that may get fleshed out in time
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by annadane 8y ago
Right. I would love to be a fly on the wall and see where things go wrong. Do the happy smiley PR people never talk to the actual figureheads making the corrupt decisions? Are they being held at gunpoint to say these glowing things about th
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by annadane 8y ago
It should be shocking, though. Comments like this don't contribute anything to the discussion and I would argue they're actually harmful because they make people complacent. If Facebook continually assures us that privacy is impor
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by annadane 8y ago
I don't think in general food delivery drivers get compensated for gas so that would be just about the only time I personally would feel obliged to tip - and I mean in places where things are fair, not the U.S. Otherwise I think tippin
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by annadane 8y ago
Sorry, did you mean Mozilla is right to point out?
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by annadane 8y ago
I don't know why this is downvoted. Seems legitimate to me.
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by annadane 8y ago
I wouldn't include Firefox in this just yet, a lot of people still trust Mozilla (who nevertheless still have to be very careful not to lose that trust)
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by annadane 8y ago
Oh. ACTUAL pirate.
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by annadane 8y ago
It would also be less volume of stuff if Facebook only POSTED THE THINGS WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE. No "likes" or such. Give people a clear idea what they're actually sharing/posting.
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by annadane 8y ago
And then trying to placate everybody with the promise to listen to feedback when the feedback directly goes against what the company is trying to do
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by annadane 8y ago
Thanks for actually explaining this. The defenders of Youtube - I'm convinced a few on r/youtube are shills at this point - will say this is all necessary due to copyright law, Viacom lawsuit, etc etc. One day it will emerge the G
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by annadane 8y ago
Yeah but the thing is A/B testing shouldn't be "rely exclusively on it and then completely ignore feedback after it's been rolled out"
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by annadane 8y ago
I mean one way to do it properly is to actually listen to your users. So many corporations claim to have that as a priority and when you look at real, actual feedback, they really don't. How hard is it to look at the masses of complain
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by annadane 8y ago
Pedantic. You know what I meant.
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by annadane 8y ago
Zuckerberg, in his hearing about the election thing, said "you control your feed on Facebook", or something. I find that hard to believe. I find that VERY hard to believe. Either he is completely ignorant, or he has no problem lyi
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by annadane 8y ago
That's also what pisses me off. They'll claim to the end of the earth they're a neutral platform. Your recommended videos say otherwise.
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by annadane 8y ago
Facebook is playing a very dangerous game by not allowing people full control of their feeds and even algorithmically sorting things. That's different from just "social media", it's a specifically Facebook way of doing t
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by annadane 8y ago
And does it HAVE to be? At what point does YT just say "piss off, you can't control the internet"? When they use the DMCA properly and not Content ID only because they don't want to lose money on lawsuits?
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by annadane 8y ago
But that's the problem. It shouldn't be about the fact they made it easy. The truth exists irrespective of that
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by annadane 8y ago
I am seriously starting to suspect an astroturfing campaign against Facebook. I'm not saying they do nothing wrong. But the recent laser focus has been incredible.

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