Social Media: The God That Failed
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Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
what would be an example of deceptive design of user interface?
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Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
I thought this was pretty spot on:
Mission accomplished, oh President! Young people in Western countries are now stupid as hell.

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Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
The lawsuit is in reference to the blue checkmarks. I would guess, blue checkmarking people who aren't who they say they are, etc.blueviper wrote:what would be an example of deceptive design of user interface?
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Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
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I didn't realize B was that aggressive here.McParadigm wrote:Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
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His Holiness does not aggress. He cleanses.Bi_3 wrote:I didn't realize B was that aggressive here.McParadigm wrote:Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
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He did once ban me for speaking the truth, but I don't remember what truth it was.
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BurtReynolds wrote:He did once ban me for speaking the truth, but I don't remember what truth it was.
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
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Sounds unimportant. Shocking.BurtReynolds wrote:He did once ban me for speaking the truth, but I don't remember what truth it was.
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I think it has something to do with the Donate button at the top of the RM home pageblueviper wrote:what would be an example of deceptive design of user interface?
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BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship, until he realizes this will be used to prevent any criticism of Israel.
Haha. Not really. And no it won’t.
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McParadigm wrote:His Holiness does not aggress. He cleanses.Bi_3 wrote:I didn't realize B was that aggressive here.McParadigm wrote:Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
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Re: Social Media: The God That Failed
tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
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Hopefully more than the fluffer gets.spike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."
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The original chart needs to be committed to stone as a warning to future generations. Ozymandias but for messed up Bay Area polycules.Bi_3 wrote:Hopefully more than the fluffer gets.spike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
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are you guys gonna weigh in or be weirdos as usualsimple schoolboy wrote:The original chart needs to be committed to stone as a warning to future generations. Ozymandias but for messed up Bay Area polycules.Bi_3 wrote:Hopefully more than the fluffer gets.spike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
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FUCK ICE
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yeah i figured
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tragabigzanda wrote:simple schoolboy wrote:this anecdote is incredibly common, to the point of I'm not sure why this guy even published itspike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
This post is really good as I can’t tell if you don’t get it or do and just nailed the response
"The fatal flaw of all revolutionaries is that they know how to tear things down but don't have a f**king clue about how to build anything."