VICE
Anti-Vaxxers Are Learning How To Game TikTok’s Algorithm
4 min read · Sep 6th · A VICE World News investigation led to TikTok removing over 50 videos, many of which had been on the platform for weeks and been watched millions of times.
streamscheme.com
Twitch Stream Ideas [2021 Mega List]
~11 min read · Aug 13th · What should you stream on Twitch? This post will cover various genres and games to help you narrow down you best options on what to stream.
9to5Mac.com
How TikTok's algorithm works: A fascinating and disturbing analysis
3 min read · Jul 28th · How TikTok's algorithm works is probably the company's most closely guarded secret. But the 'WSJ' thinks it was able to work it out ...
The Guardian
‘Never get high on your own supply’ – why social media bosses don’t use social media
10 min read · From 2018 · Developers of platforms such as Facebook have admitted that they were designed to be addictive. Should we be following the executives’ example and going cold turkey – and is it even possible for mere…
nickclegg.medium.com
You and the Algorithm: It Takes Two to Tango
20+ min read · Mar 31st · Companies like Facebook need to be frank about how the relationship between you and their major algorithms really works.
The Intercept
Amazon’s Twitter Army Was Handpicked for “Great Sense of Humor,” Leaked Document Reveals
4 min read · Mar 31st · Amazon ambassadors were trained to defend Jeff Bezos and clap back at Bernie Sanders under a program codenamed “Veritas.”
www-nytimes-com.sare.upf.edu
adAS | Servei de Single Sign-On
Jan 20th · Per poder autenticar-se és necessari tenir configurat un certificat vàlid en el navegador o tenir introduïda correctament en el lector de certificats la targeta corresponent. Premi "Continuar" per…
WIRED
WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually
2 min read · Jan 8th · A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016.
medium.com
Something is wrong on the internet
20+ min read · From 2017 · I’m James Bridle. I’m a writer and artist concerned with technology and culture. I usually write on my own blog, but frankly I don’t want…
The New Yorker
“Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV
8 min read · 2020-11-16 · In its recent programming, Netflix is pioneering a genre of television that you don’t have to pay attention to in order to enjoy.
Ars Technica
How old, ambient Japanese music became a smash hit on YouTube
~12 min read · 2020-11-26 · Exploring the comment-section emotion of music as served by a mysterious algorithm.
news.yahoo.com
Facebook reportedly exempted Trump's family and allies from its misinformation rules to avoid accusations of anti-conservative bias
2 min read · 2020-11-02 · Sources told the Washington Post that Facebook removed a strike from Donald Trump Jr's Instagram account — one of many exemptions for Trump's family.
MIT Technology Review
The human cost of a WeChat ban: severing a hundred million ties
5 min read · 2020-08-13 · In January, 1989, my 26-year-old father uprooted his life to move to the other side of the world. He had never been on a plane, let alone outside of China. But an American professor had offered him a…
WIRED
It’s Not Just TikTok. Chinese Firms Face More US Roadblocks
3 min read · 2020-08-04 · Chinese companies have been free to expand in the US while American firms were stymied by Beijing. Now, the climate is not as welcoming.
MIT Technology Review
It’s too late to stop QAnon with fact checks and account bans
6 min read · 2020-07-26 · Why Twitter and Facebook’s attempts to deal with a growing ‘omniconspiracy’ can’t work without coordinated efforts across the online platforms.
Vox
The TikTok-Trump drama, explained
5 min read · 2020-08-01 · Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. Update, August 1: The Trump administration said it plans to ban TikTok, the wildly popular social media app that’s best…
