Category: Internet
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Canada: it’s time to boycott American social media
The dumbest trade war in world history is underway and Canadians are responding to the idiocy by changing their spending habits. American liquors have been…
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Don’t get your news from social media
This is the second article in a series about how to function as a human person online in this clusterfuck of an era. You can…
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Reject anxiety bait
The past month has been the longest year of my life. I’m sure I’m not alone on this. It is impossible to ignore the onslaught…
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Microsoft made a fake Google homepage because they don’t respect you
You’re a person—I hope this is obvious to you. It’s not obvious to tech companies. No, tech companies see you as a number.I used to…
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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…