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by return1 8y ago
advertising would just shift to product placement in the news you get and affiliate links everywhere. not better. people tend to forget that advertising covers a real need.
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by return1 8y ago
People are bound to be disappointed by the effects of GDPR. FB can reasonably claim that its tracking is necessary for its function , because it is. The stuff they ll have to get rid of is marginally profitable anyway. GDPR is not hurting
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by return1 8y ago
i m kind of surprised that they have not asked these questions to google. Also: - Making ads relevant means less ads overall for the user - It would cost $20 / year and no studies show that users would pay anywhere near that. It reason
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by return1 8y ago
in other news how is their new profile design going? I keep adding /overview to mine and other profiles to be able to actually click on things . Why do they keep breaking functionality for no apparent reason? It's becoming a theme
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by return1 8y ago
Can the US government please make such a tool for foreign citizens?
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by return1 8y ago
do they do that?
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by return1 8y ago
I wonder how pied piper will respond to that. This could be a good idea for video compression that is "monothematic". Hmmm, i can think of a video industry that is monothematic...
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by return1 8y ago
At least in europe, people don't care for equifax, but Facebook is very popular and certain to generate enough clicks whenever it's mentioned in the title. To answer your question, the reason is clicks.
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by return1 8y ago
Machines should learn to understand understand human language, not the other way around.
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by return1 8y ago
This is going to be fun when election times come in europe. Here we get a lot of unsolicited email from candidate MPs , and i m certain most of them bought/found the addresses from dubious/illegal sources.
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by return1 8y ago
Why would FB push back in the first place? Assuming their bottom line is not being hurt, they 'll be glad to be best buddies with the congress.
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by return1 8y ago
> But for how long? usually hype cycles last a few months, until the next outrage takes over to keep people busy.
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by return1 8y ago
but newspapers say it is dying , so it must be dying. And that's just a taste of what 'objective' news means.
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by return1 8y ago
I wonder if facebook will retaliate after this massive wave of negative press passes. I mean it's the media bad-mouthing another medium, so in a sense it's anti-competitive.
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by return1 8y ago
its a big market but not crucial. EU users are notoriously risk-averse and won't try new things, and wait for others to set the trends. EU is important for global giants, but for more specialized, less competitive services, a cost-bene
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by return1 8y ago
sounds like advocating going back to the middle ages because "people were simpler"
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by return1 8y ago
A few weeks ago the internet was on fire because the abolishment of net neutrality law would kill the small startups who were trying to compete with giants. It's interesting to see people supporting the exact opposite situation now.