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iinnPP
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iinnPP
5y ago
I feel like this is the kind of thing that leads to the extreme political divides we, hopefully, all hate. It promotes the same clickbait ragebait mentality that ads do.
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iinnPP
5y ago
First, everyone matters. Second, part of the problem is diving into the delusion by picking a side. One such side is men vs women. I would argue that almost the entire problem with the internet(including Twitter) is advertising. All the pro
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iinnPP
5y ago
I have used AITA once to confirm some pretty gaslighty behavior and got nothing but serious responses that followed my line of thought. Then a bunch of people telling me I was wrong a month later when I posed the question again from the per
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iinnPP
5y ago
Men generally can't even report domestic abuse without subjecting themselves to a highly likely criminal charge against themselves. It's a serious issue for both genders and unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, if ever.
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iinnPP
5y ago
As an observation I would note that all marketing I have come across for this device has aimed at people concerned about privacy. I am concerned when privacy and freedom have somehow turned into a right wing signal.
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iinnPP
5y ago
One side effect I noted in working through the mentioned iOS upgrades was how it impacted various groups. Our marketing efforts began seeing a skew towards groups more likely to own either an older iPhone or an Android device. The product
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iinnPP
5y ago
I don't think Google does anything for free. Sure provides a good reason not to use it.
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iinnPP
5y ago
The problem is that with only one side of a story, you never get a truthful story. The usefulness of having both sides of the story cannot be overstated. Otherwise the side telling the story doesn't even have to try and keep it realist
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iinnPP
5y ago
I would rank that pretty low on my list of things to worry about a search engine doing. Actually, to me, that would be relatively fair in terms of monetization of a search engine product. I would turn the feature on if asked by a reputable
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5y ago
It's a bit worse than that given that CBC(among others) have received 1.4B in funding from the government. CBC is just as good or bad(depending on your viewpoint) as CNN/FOX, if not better/worse. It feels really bad to have c
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iinnPP
5y ago
I also took his comments to say they're not Canadian. The GFM action is also quite dehumanizing. It's a statement from a large donation platform (with all the associated feelings of righteousness) about the value of the protest. I