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Building social media that is more answerable to end-users. Interesting thought-experiment stuff.
I love "lawful but awful."
Today I'm taking a break from talking about the Raft distributed consensus algorithm, compiler design, or the inclusion rubric. Instead, I want to talk about what pride means to me, a queer/gay/lesbian staff software engineer at Pocket. I have written in the past about my coming out story, and what I think is the role…
Internet regulation and 'online harms' are matters of much political and regulatory attention. This debate is beset by issues, including defining 'online harms'
Report blames Facebook’s prioritization of engagement over all else.
How to Write with Your Digital Self
For years YouTube’s video-recommending algorithm has stood accused of fuelling a grab bag of societal ills by feeding users an AI-amplified diet of hate speech, political extremism and/or conspiracy junk/disinformation for the profiteering motive of trying to keep billions of eyeballs stuck to its ad inventory. And while YouTube’s tech giant parent Google has, sporadically, […]
There’s no type of content that is natural to social media
If a hacker knows your interests and demographic information, it becomes much easier to target you with scams across the board. And that's just what happened recently when hackers pilfered data from a specific audience of internet users. Unlike previous campaigns, this one targets a vulnerable population with ruthless efficiency. Is this a new low for data theft? If not, it's definitely a close call.