Social Media: The God That Failed

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what would be an example of deceptive design of user interface?
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I thought this was pretty spot on:

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blueviper wrote:what would be an example of deceptive design of user interface?
The lawsuit is in reference to the blue checkmarks. I would guess, blue checkmarking people who aren't who they say they are, etc.
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BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.
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McParadigm wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.
I didn't realize B was that aggressive here.
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Bi_3 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.
I didn't realize B was that aggressive here.
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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.
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BurtReynolds wrote:He did once ban me for speaking the truth, but I don't remember what truth it was.
Sounds unimportant. Shocking.
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blueviper wrote:what would be an example of deceptive design of user interface?
I think it has something to do with the Donate button at the top of the RM home page
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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:
Bi_3 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Dime, being a good little European, is a big fan of government censorship
Sure would hate to see censorship come to this free range platform that complies with 83% of authoritarian government requests to remove content.
I didn't realize B was that aggressive here.
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tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
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spike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
Hopefully more than the fluffer gets.
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Bi_3 wrote:
spike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
Hopefully more than the fluffer gets.
The original chart needs to be committed to stone as a warning to future generations. Ozymandias but for messed up Bay Area polycules.
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simple schoolboy wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
spike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
Hopefully more than the fluffer gets.
The original chart needs to be committed to stone as a warning to future generations. Ozymandias but for messed up Bay Area polycules.
are you guys gonna weigh in or be weirdos as usual
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yeah i figured

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tragabigzanda wrote:
simple schoolboy wrote:
spike wrote:tough skating, but how many investors would you ultimately want to end up with anyway?
this anecdote is incredibly common, to the point of I'm not sure why this guy even published it

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."
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