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Leaked video: Google co-founder Sergey Brin comparing Trump voters to fascists(dailymail.co.uk)
5 points by realpeopleio 8y ago|0 comments
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
I should add that my teacher would think we couldn't understand the science or concept behind airflow going through the classroom to cool us off. He'd explain it over and over and get frustrated that so many students didn't s
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
My 4rd grade teacher was convinced of the science of using two fans to cool off the classroom: one blowing cool air into the classroom from the hallway and one fan blowing hot air out of the classroom through a window. The kids that sat nea
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
"we must devise new business models and structural incentives that aren’t rooted in manipulation and coercion...In the short-term, that might be achieved by turning to basic subscription services, by paying for the things we use."
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
The business model of using targeted advertising as the main source of revenue will always be at odds with protecting user data privacy, and same goes for not making users addicted to the service. These companies may say they will protect p
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
"We" the people that don't want a few big social media companies dominating the internet, "support" is use and pay for them if needed.
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
"...but the solutions they are offering could just help the big players get even more powerful." That's why we should support startups from outside the valley, especially the smaller ones.
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
> I also don't trust handing "identity token" over to that site any more than I trust Facebook. What happens if/when they get hacked? Will they then have my bank card details? Will the be able to use my identity token
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
This was a motivating factor for us. If a market solution doesn't appear and remedy the problem, then we'll get government regulation.
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
agreed. The incentives of the business model need to align with the goals of protecting privacy and keeping fake accounts to a minimum.
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
Yes I am affiliated. I'm arguing why we built RealPeople.io and RealPerson.io to solve the problems listed in the article. I don't think I've tried to hide that.
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
At first maybe for most people they won't want to pay the cost. What (hopefully) will happen is that smaller sites who have problems keeping bots and fake accounts at bay will decide it's worth it to them to require all their user
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
> I also don't think it's possible to prevent bad actors from automation while allowing the good actors to do the same things on the cheap. The problem is the same controls that are used to make it difficult for bad actors will
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
There were some bad actors in the 90s, but the scale is different now. And the effect is now raised to the level of concern that elections are affected. Some people are even talking about how it is threatening democracy. We don't think
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
Right. Bots aren't going to pay. But a user might pay $9/year for all websites. Websites don't have to pay for the service either. The more websites that use the service, the more cost effective it is for users (since they pa
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
It doesn't really guarantee uniqueness. It also doesn't verify identity (that this is really "John Smith"). It essentially verifies that the user has paid for an account on RealPerson.io, which is currently $9/year.
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
I agree that having a few walled gardens is a problem, but having more smaller walled gardens probably won't change much. Bad actors can still sign up, post, spam, harass, etc. on several small walled gardens. What we need is a way to
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
What if there were a trusted third-party that periodically audited the business to see if they were protecting your privacy of not. Would people value or trust that? And who would people trust to do the audit?
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
What if there were paid services that promised no ads? Ever? Make it part of their policy?
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
Exactly why RealPeople.io ( https://realpeople.io ) was created. The business model of using targeted advertising needs to go away. With ads, platforms have the incentive to sell user data and keep users online as much as possible
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
Rather than banning it, why not support platforms that don't use ads? RealPeople.io doesn't have ads, or allow third parties access to any data. No bots, no AI either. Users pay to use. https://realpeople.io
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
Like some other commenters here. Like the rules would cascade down similar to css. You might think that a read rule on a parent node would apply to a child unless that child overrode the that rule. But it doesn't. So you keep having to
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by realpeopleio 8y ago
This was a different way of thinking about security rules for us. But basically you have to make everything not readable and not writable at the root and then open up access farther down. And the way you need to structure your data will be
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Most Links to Popular Sites on Twitter Come from Bots(wired.com)
2 points by realpeopleio 8y ago|0 comments
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It's time to pay for social media(blog.realpeople.io)
1 points by realpeopleio 9y ago|1 comments