rumblerock

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by rumblerock 5y ago
Ah, the earlier days of Counter Strike were my version of this. Custom maps galore created by the community, custom game modes. WarCraft mod was my favorite, building XP for abilities on the server - definitely had a good community as the s
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by rumblerock 5y ago
I've done a mild version of this with some success, putting the apps in a separate homescreen, or deleting them from the homescreen altogether so I'm forced to go into the app drawer. Unfortunately my mind still finds itself swipi
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by rumblerock 5y ago
>* As an American, that speaks volumes about our lifestyle and culture, and I find it disappointing. Satisfaction is contagious; I want to live among others who feel this way. Most of my friends work from home and are either alone most o
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by rumblerock 5y ago
I would love to know more about the topics you mentioned, would you care to share in more detail or point towards some starter material?
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by rumblerock 5y ago
As a former Pixel user that switched because I broke the phone and had an extra iPhone in the family, there are a number of reasons I'm heavily considering switching back (had been an Android user since 2009). 1. Spam call screening is
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by rumblerock 5y ago
I'm certainly wish this were possible, and people who left would probably go back to the platform if it reformed itself in this direction. But as the years go on all I see are more and more catastrophic impacts from short term thinking
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by rumblerock 5y ago
I made the example up, but this is a better example of the phenomenon I was getting at.
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Diversity in daily mixes is an issue for sure. I do use the song radio feature but find it's hit or miss - they usually start off strong, but seem to lose the thread at a certain point. It's a fine balance between existing liked s
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by rumblerock 5y ago
On top of that, if you listen to a wide range of genres the attempt to shoehorn your history into 6 Daily Mixes yields some comical results. Like Doobie Brothers followed by Nirvana. Give me a home screen with 12 or more Daily Mixes that se
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by rumblerock 5y ago
The more I read all the arguments for or against the responsibility of these platforms – and I definitely lean towards them having responsibility – what I really want is for them not to exist at all. I honestly don't think we would los
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Agreed that a black and white approach here doesn't suffice. You can be concerned about over-reach and censorship, and concerned about the propagation of harmful information or misinformation. My question to those screaming censorship,
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Luckily in Haugen's senate appearance the subcommittee seemed to be in full bipartisan agreement that they had been lied to. I'm glad that they are finally starting to sufficiently wrap their heads around this issue to start doing
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by rumblerock 5y ago
So you don't give a shit about how their bad decisions affect the broader society we live in?
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Agreed, painting this as some kind of power struggle ignores the effects on society that affect everyone, not just new age tech titans and the establishment.
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Is oversight of and transparency into recommendation algorithms, to make sure they don't overprioritize vitriol and sow division, really creating an "Official Copy of Reality"? At this point I'd say our reality is active
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Very well put. When people say "it's always been like this" or "it's no different than X" – this is exactly the difference, and while fundamental human behaviors or impulses haven't changed, the design of
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Yeah, there is a big difference between Reddit and Facebook in the above comparison. All the examples of issues with Reddit can more or less be attributed to specific people and fall more in line with "bad" human behavior. Faceboo
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by rumblerock 5y ago
I'm not convinced that this is a real concern for most advertisers. Facebook and its properties are so big that they're a potential revenue source you can't ignore. Also, it's different than your ads programmatically app
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by rumblerock 5y ago
That feeling of being violated by false / incomplete information and narratives drives me mad. I've spent the last 5 years trying to manage my digital hygiene, not oversaturate myself with news notifications, etc. I look at things
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by rumblerock 5y ago
To add onto this, the identities on good forums, with reputation scores, post counts, tenure, etc. served as a useful proxy for some degree of expertise or experience with the general topic at hand. On Facebook everyone has a transparent id
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by rumblerock 5y ago
To take it one step further I'm convinced at this point that the social conundrum presented by Twitter and other social media platforms has extended far beyond the algorithm and the platforms themselves, and into how people interact in
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by rumblerock 5y ago
Distilling to the core concepts is great if you've captured the most essential takeaways, unless you're looking to put the nitty gritty to work as a main occupation. They just become frameworks for lateral thinking and free associ
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by rumblerock 6y ago
For this reason I imagine that the first unconfirmed leak mentioned in another post will be far from the last. As if WSB vs. hedge funds wasn't a crazy enough story itself, the sequel to The Big Short is pretty much writing itself as t
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by rumblerock 6y ago
I bought an E46 M3 on the condition that I would learn to do the majority of the work, solely based on the fact that there was so much knowledge in the forums. I had very little experience working on cars, and no access to friends / fa
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by rumblerock 7y ago
They aren't exactly two distinct things, in the sense that if you can drive hate clicks with fake news you just put yourself in business.
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by rumblerock 7y ago
I don't have evidence for Brexit, but I did personally witness a similar operation in a 2014 Senate race where the data made clear that this wasn't something organic, or small scale (think orders of magnitude). While I can't
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by rumblerock 7y ago
The Senate intelligence committee report from October is the most detailed look into their operation. In sum, you're looking at an operation across platforms (FB, Twitter, etc.), with the manpower to generate endless content and avatar
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by rumblerock 7y ago
Completely agree with these anecdotes, and this is where the potential power of the campaign extended far beyond ads to Facebook groups, and Twitter / Instagram follower networks. Within those spheres you have free reign to curate audi
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by rumblerock 7y ago
I have some tangential experience here in analytics and advertising, including non-ad social campaigns, and from what I've seen the reporting in the press is likely just the tip of the iceberg. Additionally, much of the focus on the ad