Category: Internets
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The internet doesn’t have to feel like this
Living online can feel…numbing. Bo Burnham perhaps captured that best with That Funny Feeling, a song made up of various unrelated phrases that simulate the feeling…
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“Number go up” isn’t everything
I have no idea how many people read my articles. I love it. This hasn’t always been true. When I worked at a culty tech company,…
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Facebook moderators miss key directives because the news feed is terrible
Many current social problems—not all, but many—can be traced back to our collective decision to prioritize #engagement in the systems we use to communicate with…
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There are tiny hippos living in your house (and other thoughts)
All these years later I still think about house hippos once a month or so. Confused? So was I, as a kid, seeing this PSA…
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Facebook throws pocket change at local news outlets, expects gratitude
Facebook killed local newspapers by sucking up all the revenue that used to pay for the person who’d sit in on council meetings and spell…
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Keep Your Stick On The Ice: 4 Hockey Idioms And What They Mean
Sports metaphors are all over the English language, especially in North America. Here in the USA, most everyone knows what means to strike out, for…
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Why Louis C.K. doesn’t let fans take pictures of him.
Are you having actual experiences? Or do you do things simply for the sake of recording and sharing them? It may seem like a silly…