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by crakhamster01 6y ago
> How do you know that they have little impact? There's no research proving or denying this claim, but as anecdotal evidence: Mike Bloomberg spent more on advertising than any candidate in history for his primary election campaign (
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
See "Web Custom Audiences"[0] and "Lookalike Audiences"[1]: Company X sends event logs to FB whenever anyone visits their website. They don't know who you are, but they pass metadata that helps FB determine who you.
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
If you're a software engineer based out of the NY area, almost every recruiting message you get on LinkedIn will be from a fintech company/bank/hedge fund. NY is probably the second biggest tech hub in the US outside of SV, b
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
It's really interesting that people still bring up Cambridge Analytica as a driving force in elections both abroad and domestic. Earlier this year, the UK's ICO concluded after a 3 year long investigation that Cambridge Analytica
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
One or the other, I think they usually try to put you on a PIP before firing though. It can feel like an up or out kind of culture, but the timelines are fairly reasonable IMO - e.g. they give you 5 years to progress from an entry-level SWE
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
Can you cite sources beyond anecdote for any of these claims? Facebook documents group takedowns on their Newsroom, and those bans are largely foreign interference networks or far-right groups (proud boys, boogaloo, etc). The more reasonabl
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
By this logic, shouldn't every messaging app that's not based on an open protocol be subject to lawsuit? I would love if every network was interoperable, but that approach requires broad regulation - not just suing Facebook.
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
> That's why the system was designed with an electoral college. So that rural farmers could be represented as equally and strongly as city business people. This isn't all that accurate. One of the main reasons why the framers c
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
> YouTube is a monopoly. Maybe in the most narrow of definitions. IG/FB and Tiktok are huge competitors in the video space, Tiktok being the dominant platform if you focus on short form video.
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
> Cambridge Analytica was overblown Louder for the people in the back.
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
Thanks for the call out. That Reuters article was referencing the broader project that the opt-in survey is a part of. More details about the specific researchers and their motivations can be seen in the FAQ of the official post: https:&#x
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-elections/facebo... > Facebook Inc said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
I actually like the Reddit app, but its search engine is so awful that I almost always start on Google/DDG and refine my results through there. If they could improve their search experience I would be all in on the app.
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
How is it a chicken and egg problem if we're in a post-ads world? Billions of people now have the expectation that content, utilities, and information can be made accessible to them, for free, by simply allowing ads in their feed. From
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
> hopefully that will become "was" at some point > their interests are not aligned with user interests How do you propose apps monetize going forward? The vast majority of users do not want to pay for the apps/utilities
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
I'm not sure I follow this line of thought. Without an account, what would all the game purchases you make be associated with? What about friends lists? Support requests? The Oculus, and the vision for the product, is more akin to cons
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
As an anecdote, I recently bought the Quest and have had a really seamless experience. None of these issues around display ports or configuring the play area for Guardian are a factor with this version.
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
Yea the main selling point of Allbirds is their sustainable approach to manufacturing shoes. I've never owned a pair, but from my friends that do have them, they often describe them as "like if your shoes were socks" - which
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
> People are making "judgement calls" based on highly publicized, recent cases of police officers doing "unreasonable things". Define recent? Uneven application of force from the police based off of race is a known is
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
I get that more context is always better, but the notion of "context" is infinitely expandable. What were these reporters doing in the hour prior to the arrest? Oh, nothing? Well, where were they at the start of the riots? Just ge
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
Just commenting to say that this was a well written reply
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
I love seeing the mental gymnastics that Trump apologists use to reconcile his responses. Glad we're able to hold the President of the United States to the high, high, bar of grade school intellect...
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by crakhamster01 6y ago
NIH = Not In House, a common trope in big tech to push for using software that's built in-house rather than existing solutions.
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*70k per year
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by crakhamster01 7y ago
If anything, social media has enabled newer generations to express themselves in "meaningful" ways more than ever. It may not be as a full-time profession, but plenty of people create for hobby. See: the hundreds of thousands of I
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FB Newsroom – Combatting Vaccine Misinformation(newsroom.fb.com)
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