this take is so pretentious that it reads like tech bro satire. Ah yes, customizing my email footer settings will showcase my refined taste and advanced aesthetic sense.
'California voters absolutely own voting for proposition 22' To be fair they set a new record for money spent on supporting a ballot measure in state history ($225m) and it still only passed with 58%. If you divide the…
RIP. I'd love to know why is this allowed but Kobe threads were all removed?
a dark pattern because while it's not actually required it might as well be, their 'account locked' email conveniently leaves out that you can simply email them and have them re-enable the account without a phone…
One contract that was handed to me from an established company even included a clause that any IP created by even up to 5 (FIVE!) years AFTER you're no longer employed belongs to the company. Vaguely defined as…
FIFA (The governing body for soccer) issues similar fines and bans for any political messages. ie fined they recently fined English/Scotish FA's 100k for players wearing poppies (a flower) which symbolize fallen…
Worth noting cloudflare leadership has been fighting this war for years and this is just a small battle. Can you tell us when @Cloudflare will be holding its next "How to Protect Nazi Extremists" workshop? You guys seem…
it's ridiculous it's given this much attention when there's far more nefarious activity and problems caused by big tech that are to date totally under the radar outside of a few researchers and journalists, and they go…
This is fantastic, thanks for writing it and for your testimony! my favorite bits "The emergence of this tech oligopoly reflects a profound shift in our society, the migration of every area of commercial, social, and…
FB is the sacrificial lamb, popular scapegoat and effective distraction in this new era of SV policies shaping public opinion, ideas and as a result global politics. It seems misplaced, the amount of vitriol and…
to offer a counter opinion I found wordfence highly obtrusive, annoying and full of dark patterns in an attempt to upsell you to premium. They present in their dashboard ALL attacks within their entire network as if…
I'm far from courageous, in fact I'm scared because these groups regularly DoX those who draw attention to this pressing issue: https://thenextweb.com/opinion/2018/07/17/the-daily-callers-...…
archive.is is a very important tool in online extremism research and you've taken money from far-right extremists, your explanation for why it's inaccessible seems incomplete. This is probably where I get banned from Hn…
I understand the appeal of that for developers but it comes at the cost of users agency and control of their own system, I've been very annoyed with even simple UI changes in firefox updates as I simply didn't ask or…
I have all of the privacy options unchecked including studies but Normandy (which I've just found out about via this issue) is still enabled.
except at the moment we're dealing with highly organized paid misinformation campaigns and widespread propaganda under the guise of free speech. This will not be popular on Hn but in my opinion holding users and…
"The extraordinary step reflects growing global concern, particularly among governments, about the capacity of American-owned networks to spin up violence." "Officials blocked the platforms, he said, out of fear that…
Why are discussions surrounding Chinese Politics permitted but no other political discussions? Seems like a double standard. Just quickly looking at the removals here's a 4 hour old Mueller report thread instantly…
How is it dangerous? How are you able to equate "I was unfairly harsh in my judgement of X" with "X wasn't bad"? That doesn't follow, it's simply a comparison. Gates and MS anti-trust violations are now standard…
"Supporters said it’s led to a 41 per cent reduction in bed sores, a 30 per cent reduction in falls and patients being discharged from hospital an average 1.8 days sooner." Those are some wild numbers if that can be…
This comment thread is both celebratory and hateful, truly disgusting from Hn. Celebrating space mission failures for any reason is a terrible look. This is a cultural difference, try to take a step back from your own…
nvm
>> "Besides, I'm pretty sure banning is only gonna make those community feels like they are being persecuted for being right and itching the man. >>They then will proceed to find another place that is less easy to…
There's a huge difference between covering terrible events as a news story and providing the platform for content engineered to divide and radicalize to proliferate to millions. Also yes YouTube should be liable, not…
Tied to real identity - given the current state of the net one could make a case that the S Korean system of requiring gov ID # for all online signups would be an improvement, of course that opens the door to serious…
this take is so pretentious that it reads like tech bro satire. Ah yes, customizing my email footer settings will showcase my refined taste and advanced aesthetic sense.
'California voters absolutely own voting for proposition 22' To be fair they set a new record for money spent on supporting a ballot measure in state history ($225m) and it still only passed with 58%. If you divide the…
RIP. I'd love to know why is this allowed but Kobe threads were all removed?
a dark pattern because while it's not actually required it might as well be, their 'account locked' email conveniently leaves out that you can simply email them and have them re-enable the account without a phone…
One contract that was handed to me from an established company even included a clause that any IP created by even up to 5 (FIVE!) years AFTER you're no longer employed belongs to the company. Vaguely defined as…
FIFA (The governing body for soccer) issues similar fines and bans for any political messages. ie fined they recently fined English/Scotish FA's 100k for players wearing poppies (a flower) which symbolize fallen…
Worth noting cloudflare leadership has been fighting this war for years and this is just a small battle. Can you tell us when @Cloudflare will be holding its next "How to Protect Nazi Extremists" workshop? You guys seem…
it's ridiculous it's given this much attention when there's far more nefarious activity and problems caused by big tech that are to date totally under the radar outside of a few researchers and journalists, and they go…
This is fantastic, thanks for writing it and for your testimony! my favorite bits "The emergence of this tech oligopoly reflects a profound shift in our society, the migration of every area of commercial, social, and…
FB is the sacrificial lamb, popular scapegoat and effective distraction in this new era of SV policies shaping public opinion, ideas and as a result global politics. It seems misplaced, the amount of vitriol and…
to offer a counter opinion I found wordfence highly obtrusive, annoying and full of dark patterns in an attempt to upsell you to premium. They present in their dashboard ALL attacks within their entire network as if…
I'm far from courageous, in fact I'm scared because these groups regularly DoX those who draw attention to this pressing issue: https://thenextweb.com/opinion/2018/07/17/the-daily-callers-...…
archive.is is a very important tool in online extremism research and you've taken money from far-right extremists, your explanation for why it's inaccessible seems incomplete. This is probably where I get banned from Hn…
I understand the appeal of that for developers but it comes at the cost of users agency and control of their own system, I've been very annoyed with even simple UI changes in firefox updates as I simply didn't ask or…
I have all of the privacy options unchecked including studies but Normandy (which I've just found out about via this issue) is still enabled.
except at the moment we're dealing with highly organized paid misinformation campaigns and widespread propaganda under the guise of free speech. This will not be popular on Hn but in my opinion holding users and…
"The extraordinary step reflects growing global concern, particularly among governments, about the capacity of American-owned networks to spin up violence." "Officials blocked the platforms, he said, out of fear that…
Why are discussions surrounding Chinese Politics permitted but no other political discussions? Seems like a double standard. Just quickly looking at the removals here's a 4 hour old Mueller report thread instantly…
How is it dangerous? How are you able to equate "I was unfairly harsh in my judgement of X" with "X wasn't bad"? That doesn't follow, it's simply a comparison. Gates and MS anti-trust violations are now standard…
"Supporters said it’s led to a 41 per cent reduction in bed sores, a 30 per cent reduction in falls and patients being discharged from hospital an average 1.8 days sooner." Those are some wild numbers if that can be…
This comment thread is both celebratory and hateful, truly disgusting from Hn. Celebrating space mission failures for any reason is a terrible look. This is a cultural difference, try to take a step back from your own…
nvm
>> "Besides, I'm pretty sure banning is only gonna make those community feels like they are being persecuted for being right and itching the man. >>They then will proceed to find another place that is less easy to…
There's a huge difference between covering terrible events as a news story and providing the platform for content engineered to divide and radicalize to proliferate to millions. Also yes YouTube should be liable, not…
Tied to real identity - given the current state of the net one could make a case that the S Korean system of requiring gov ID # for all online signups would be an improvement, of course that opens the door to serious…