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Here’s a gag gift that caught my attention:
Roast Beef Sandwich Bath Soak https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/roast-beef-sandwich-bath-so...
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> prevents people from reading content after a few times without either paying or logging in is beyond me. I don't think this is fair or accurate. Authors are choosing to put their articles behind Medium's paywall because they want to get paid. So when you see a paywall that's the author's choice. It's not any different than a Substack newsletter other than scale. So to say Medium is preventing people from reading...…
Please don't defend Medium. Just, don't.
https://arnuldondata.medium.com/julia-and-the-reincarnation-...
Also, isn't the best thing about HN comments when you get comments from someone with actual knowledge? I can't imagine there is anyone on HN who knows more about Medium than I do.
Maybe it's just me, but I dislike the whole concept of advertising in places that aren't related to shopping. I go to Instagram to look at my friends' pictures, not to be sold something I don't actually need. If I were to shop, I'd go to a mall, thank you very much. Anyway, at some point Instagram ads (especially the autoplaying video kind, with sound) drove me crazy enough that out came jadx and apktool and I found…
Can you share the modified apk or any tutorial to make similar modified Instagram apk?
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> I live in the UK and have literally never seen an ad from a church To be honest, the UK hardly has a church anyway :-)
I was working out how to put a p2p wifi antenna on the local 800 year old church just last week as part of a modernisation
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IG is a gateway drug
You want a real hot take based off a throwaway comment? It kinda is for steroids. (Hold on, don’t downvote me yet, I’m going somewhere.) I am a 30-something gay male. Here’s my Recommendations view: https://imgur.com/a/1Paravn Hot dudes, dogs, and one computer setup that’s either based off my search for standing desks or mechanical keyboards. Instagram is a body dysmorphia engine. If you are in a certain demographic,…
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Some people go to instagram for fashion, but that is definitely not all women nor just women. I personally just wear a black shirt and black pants almost every day, am not all that interested in fashion, and am a woman.
YWNBAW
I don't use Instagram much, but I am on Facebook too often. The limitations of the advertising algorithms are very interesting to me. For example: I participate in ex-evangelical groups because of my childhood experiences. Also follow pages which discuss American Christianity from a secular or journalistic perspective, and in Christian groups which interpret their beliefs from a left-ish ideology. "Liking" any post f…
> It's very rare when I see progressive churches advertise. You’d just be setting your money on fire. You’re trying to find the people at the intersection of progressive attitudes and serious commitment to Christianity. Progressive churches have lower commitment because they have minimal to zero differences in morality with progressives who don’t go to church and they’re less likely to have children continue in the f…
Before I completely dropped social media, I had a f—k the algorithm attitude towards the ads. I made a point of clicking through everything that was completely uninteresting to me. That road led to a non-stop flood of class-action lawyer ads.
I’ve heard that mesothelioma class action lawyer advertisements are among the most expensive on social media. Cynical hypothesis: once the platforms realized you’ll click on anything, they decided to show you their highest-compensated ads.