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Twitter's faceless accelerants Paid Members Public
Social media mobs do what mobs have always done: give the masses the feeling of power.
Tumblr has transformed into a brand-safe zombie of its former self Paid Members Public
An interview with a Verizon suit makes it clear that Tumblr is a hollow shell of what it once was. What does this say for the experimentation the web once offered?
When A Trump Troll Is Outed Paid Members Public
Talking of trolling, the New Yorker published an interesting piece by Adrian Chen, looking at what happened when a pro-Trump Reddit-dwelling troll was suddenly brought into the glare of publicity when his Gif went viral — and his true identity was established. [https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/
The Times vrs NightJack: Destroying Journalists' Reputation Paid Members Public
I think that it’s absolutely despicable that a journalistic operation did this. The “public interest” figleaf they’re using blows away the second you consider that they’ve made it easier for people to connect the blog posts with real cases, not harder. I’ve seen journalists in several
Le Web 3 '07: Jason Calacanis on Spam Pollution Paid Members Public
Google is starting to smack down spam, but it’s still an issue – affiliate links.Calacanis had some suggestions for the attendees about how to manage this: - Build curation into your service. - Police your service - Reduce anonymity without reducing freedom - Punish bad peopleUsers have to “own
Why "real names" commenting isn't a panacea Paid Members Public
Cory Doctorow explores the disaster that YouTube’s switch to Google+ commenting [http://boingboing.net/2013/11/13/vi-hart-cramming-g-into-yout.html] has been: > The promise of G+ in the beginning was that making people use their real names would incentivize them to behave themselves. It’s abundantly clear now that there