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And even if every person did live in a detached home where they could hypothetically throw a party, there are smartphone connected Ring cameras everywhere. Parents always know what…

Yes, but primarily because people are clicking through from recommendation widgets in their Instagram feed.

Data privacy is an instructive example of what happens in a more free-for-all situation. If there were stringent protections in place, the data broker industry wouldn't exist.

I just took my car in and there were 4 active recalls to address (Hyundai). This is hardly unique to Tesla.

Tough, but fair

I'm reminded of Balk's Law (Everything you hate about The Internet is actually everything you hate about people.)

There was a brief window when Pandora was available in Canada (long ago now), but I still remember how good their recommendations were. Nothing matches it even today

My view on it: 1. Paywall 2. Algorithm rewarded hyperbolic / echo chamber posts 3. Changing content consumption tastes

"The market for stock photography and grunt level copy writing collapses entirely." The only thing stopping this from happening is that AI still hasn't figured out how to render ha…

I guess it's a "fun" story to post about. Extremely cringe though.

There needs to be some sort of trigger for the media and/or a critical mass of people to care. Tiktok has the China and data harvesting angle. Facebook has an unlikable founder (so…

In what way do you feel it's flawed? Based on what you know of the methodology, what would you change?

Slowly killing off organic reach on business pages was a dirty move, but still, Facebook's not "forcing" them to do anything.

I'm not saying your example is wrong, but the fact that it's from nearly 20 years ago is very telling. Even the most credible of sources will get something very wrong on occasion.

Very good point. Social media platforms were held up a shining example because Obama's message was largely positive, but few stopped to think about the flip side of the scenario...…

Vancouverite here. When major tech companies started setting up satellite offices here, I assumed it'd be a temporary situation, and that we'd be at the mercy of any change in the …

That's basically where we're headed. Financial Times vs Business Insider.

Honestly, I'm not sure this micropayments for articles will ever take off. I tried a service recently that is trying to make that monetisation method a reality, and every time I cl…

I knew Quora’s time was up when they sent me a partner program email. It devolved into “yahoo answers” very quickly after that.

It's a dumb question, but you can just say "I can be too detail oriented sometimes!" and move on to more interesting points of conversation.

Yup. For many companies with a large audience or usebase that are already doing everything else, a conference/event is a natural evolution to keep growing their brand. Of course, w…

"I want the best advice, from the best doctors — not the doctor, not the clinic who can spend the most on advertising" says the politician, with no sense of irony.

Bingo! This cuts right to the heart of the issue.

That's a pet peeve of mine as well. If you see something as you're clicking away from your timeline, good luck ever finding it again. Would it kill them to let you toggle between c…

The balance between inflation and dropping turbine prices. I'm sure there are trend lines somewhere...