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tl;dr it got worse!

A possible connection between fake profile invitations from developers "from Ukraine" and Russia.

I've been getting these suspicious posts from people claiming to be from Ukraine. They always use the same template. Seems suspicious; any idea what's going on?

Extreme deception in advertising, if you ask me, from a major insurer.

Most likely, users were actually too efficient with the app, not being exposed to enough sponsored results. By removing this option, shoppers will be forced to wade through more sp…

It was good, then got plagued by bad incentives, to sum it up

Wishing to see an article, Quora required a sign-in through 3rd party auth. Upon signing in, I unwittingly opted in to getting subscribed to regular Quora emails. This is part 1 - …

Release Highlights https://scikit-learn.org/stable/auto_examples/release_highli...

An Android app that demonstrates your predictable actions, especially when trying to act quickly: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quantifiedclick.rpsrandomnesstra…

As a non-expert, I need a name brand as my gold standard for comparison in normal usage scenario.

> If you were to buy, say, a laptop, or a new washing machine... where would you go? The Which magazine sounds like Consumer Reports, who purports to have no interest outside of th…

I too share your logic behind placing more trust in sites that go in-depth and review across all the brands, as opposed to focusing extra attention in only one or a couple. Regardi…

In general, are you losing trust in online reviews because of incentives, including Amazon's affiliate program?

You've probably heard of "weasel words." I want to call the following a "weasel statistic" (from State Farm mailer): "[we] can help with an average of $507 in savings" (fine print:…

I search a registrar today for a unique domain, but don't register it, and it becomes taken within a week. Who are the worst offenders when it comes to this kind of behavior?