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by bmarquez 3y ago
The types of people who used Parler went to Gab, since Gab has stayed consistently online the last few years.
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by bmarquez 3y ago
The privacy policy was never "walked back", they decided to do it anyway after the controversy (on HN and other platforms) died down. Here's a newer article showing the metadata being sent to Facebook (presumably for advertis
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by bmarquez 3y ago
I don't like it either. I use Substack (and previously Medium) when I want to read long-form content instead of tweets. If I wanted tweets, I'd use Twitter. But Substack Notes allows for greater potential monetization (ick): TikTo
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by bmarquez 3y ago
I can vouch for the Pentel EnerGel recommendation. As a left-handed person who tends to smudge a lot of other inks, EnerGels write smoothly without smudging. They're also cheap enough to buy a whole pack and not worry about losing them
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by bmarquez 3y ago
My friends and family are more likely to already have Facebook or Discord, and are unlikely to successfully navigate Mastodon onboarding even if it made sense for that use case. I hate Facebook but Discord is already fulfilling the role of
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by bmarquez 3y ago
Absolutely. I was prescribed an APAP with the default pressures set from 4-20. The doctor claimed that the "machine would do all the work" but I still had poor sleep quality. Ended up downloading Sleepyhead (the predecessor to OSC
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by bmarquez 4y ago
If you read the PDF linked in the article, it states that the speaker was literally shouted down.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> So the biggest threat to him is other social platforms that try to replicate / copy the social graph of twitter. > And in the end, people will stay on twitter because the core value isn’t the ux or who the CEO is. The value is
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Yep, every generation brings something new to the table and gatekeeping is going to kill the hobby. I can't do 20wpm, but the older hams around me can't figure out FT8.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
To be fair, r/facebook and r/instagram are equally as bad. I'm not sure there's a social media site that has good support for end users (not advertisers).
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Instead of the blue checkmark for verification it's been replaced with gold (for companies) and sliver checkmarks (for governments/politicians). And an individual can link his account with an verified organization (like the CEO of
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I use Rumble and Locals frequently. Basically they're large enough now that normal creators (and not just those banned for extreme content) will post there, so if someone has both a YouTube and a Rumble, I watch the Rumble to support c
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Because many of the HN comments (at the time of posting) were talking about Elon and his possible motives, but if he didn't make the change then that's not relevant.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Was this algorithmic change made before Elon's purchase or afterwards? The article doesn't say. Considering that the Ukraine conflict has been going on since 2014 it would be nice to get more info before bringing out the pitchfork
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> Police say it seems the suspected thief may have pulled out their own firearm. If this is true, the owner didn't have much choice in the matter.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> This overlooks the "possibility" that those platforms have an "agreement" of sorts with the US Government. Of course they do, it's called Prism and it's been around for over a decade. https://ww
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Go to "Push Notifications" settings and uncheck everything except for "Related to you and your Tweets" section. Did this when I started using Twitter and haven't gotten any unwanted notifications. I even follow Elon
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by bmarquez 4y ago
At least on my Twitter feed I still get a lot of Apple ads (Nike and LVMH aren't my demographic).
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I agree with this assessment. Early on I took these types of articles seriously but at this point I think they're writing what they want to see happen, not what is actually happening. If people want Twitter to die (note it's 2023
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> Also, it's just a matter of empathy. Empathy is being weaponized in order to shift the responsibility of wages from the employer to the consumer. In the article, customers are feeling pressured and guilty and are even walking away
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by bmarquez 4y ago
> that their decision is final and they will not be reviewing again I had a similar response from eBay when a fraudulent seller sent me fake tracking numbers (same city, not my address) instead of actually shipping the item. Credit card
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Reminds me of the Google G Suite Legacy debacle from last year. Yeah they reversed their decision, but others like myself switched to paid competitors and won't be using Google services again.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I'm looking forward to it. If my elderly relatives start getting confused about how to download Messenger or Whatsapp from a 3rd party app store, I can tell them about Signal or other alternatives. Any friction makes it easier for thei
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Yeah it's complex, the perceptions regarding who has a "good heart" are also skewed due to the halo effect where attractive people get higher ratings, which ugly nerds lose out on. The opposite gender counterexample is a &quo
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by bmarquez 4y ago
As an end user, a lot of Amazon's criticisms are invisible to consumers. - Amazon screws up and sends a poorly packaged product which is damaged? They just ship another one. - Amazon starts creating "Amazon Basics" branded it
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by bmarquez 4y ago
RIP. I'm really sad about this, and it's actually something that finally makes me question the Amazon monopoly. Amazon spends so much money on meh (IMO) Prime Video content yet can't keep this site online as an archive. I kno
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by bmarquez 4y ago
Yeah, it's like people have forgotten that Snowden revealed a direct link between NSA and big tech via PRISM.
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by bmarquez 4y ago
This has happened to me, except I was banned instantly upon creation and they wanted a mobile number AND a selfie. Which I refuse to give them and ended up deleting Instagram. I suspect my IP address was suspicious to the algorithm, but it&
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I think it's highly dependent on the user. A technically inclined HN user probably knows people who shifted to a tech Mastodon instance (like infosec.exchange). As a personal anecdote, the people I know who cut back on Twitter did so l
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by bmarquez 4y ago
I don't think music videos are the top target for spammers. Most finance videos (like general technical analysis, I don't watch crypto content) I watch are full of Whatsapp or Telegram scammers. Even a history channel I follow had

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