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6 votes
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How do you think social networks should handle hate speech?
A bit of context: in July 2017 germany implemented the Netzdurchsetzungsgesetz, a law which allows german authorities to fine Social Media companies with over 2 million users if they persistently...
A bit of context: in July 2017 germany implemented the Netzdurchsetzungsgesetz, a law which allows german authorities to fine Social Media companies with over 2 million users if they persistently fail to remove obvious hatespeech within 24 hours and all other cases within a week. A write up of the law and background information. Information about the definition of hate sepeech in germany.
I am interested in your opinion: Is this governmental overreach and infringes on the freedom of speech or is this a long needed step to ensure that people feel safe and current german law is finally being followed?
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Meet the people who still use Myspace: 'It's given me so much joy'
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Why do everyone care about privacy so much?
Let's take Google, for example. Google tracks where you physically are - why are some people so much against it? It doesn't hurt me, google just uses it to serve me personalized ads. Why are...
Let's take Google, for example. Google tracks where you physically are - why are some people so much against it? It doesn't hurt me, google just uses it to serve me personalized ads. Why are people so concerned about it?
Google even tracks, which websites do I visit - again, why should I care? When I want to browse anonymously, I use VPN. If I wanted to do something illegal, I guess I won't use google at all and install tor? I'm not sure what should I do in that case, but I'm sure, there are ways to get away from google's sight when people need to.
I don't understand, why some people fight for internet privacy so much. Could someone help me to understand it? What's your opinion on privacy and internet tracking?
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The EU could be about to ban memes and 'destroy the internet'
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How often do you go to write a comment or a post online, and after a bit of time spent writing you decide that it is crap and just delete it? Is this a good thing?
I do this a lot. I did it just now. I wrote about five paragraphs on a topic, deleted it and started over, wrote about five more and did the same thing. Got frustrated. Some thoughts that went...
I do this a lot. I did it just now. I wrote about five paragraphs on a topic, deleted it and started over, wrote about five more and did the same thing. Got frustrated. Some thoughts that went through my mind:
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"this is not concise at all. It's disorganized and needs to be re-done"
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"this is going to trigger an emotional response and that will filter how they read it, so I'll be less likely to get interesting responses"
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"maybe I should just do this as a journal entry and keep it private"
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"these thoughts are worth something, and even if they aren't super cogent, maybe they can be a starting point for a collaborative thinking process"
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"that's dumb, nobody cares about my ramblings anyway. everyone has thoughts like this, mine aren't more important"
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etc.
So what usually ends up happening in instances like this is I just don't post. Other times, I get wrapped up in trying to make a post super-high quality and it comes across as over-produced... and if I've somehow triggered an emotional response then that aspect becomes an avenue for attack.
Does anyone else experience something comparable to this? Is it a good thing for helping to maintain quality content and discussions? If not, what are strategies to improve situations like these?
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Court Allows “Battery by GIF” Claim to Proceed–Eichenwald v. Rivello
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Private Internet Access’ “no-logging” claims proven true again in court
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On the rise and fall of Delicious, the online bookmarking service
Online/digital bookmarking and excerpting is something that really interests me because I think most if not all existing options for it fall very short of the functionality I wish existed, and...
Online/digital bookmarking and excerpting is something that really interests me because I think most if not all existing options for it fall very short of the functionality I wish existed, and that I think could exist.
One of the first online bookmarking services I used was Delicious, and for a few years it was irreplaceable for me. However it languished after it was bought by Yahoo and then resold, and since then I’ve observed its slow and steady decline from afar.
The purpose of this post is twofold:
- I want to know the current state of online bookmarking for you. I’m curious to know if it’s as much of an unmet need in anyone else’s life as it seems to be in mine.
- Were you once a bookmarker and gave up due to the seeming futility of it?
- Have you never been interested in bookmarking and/or don’t see the point of it?
- Are you an active bookmarker, and if so what tools or workflows do you use, and what kinds of content do you bookmark?
- I thought I would share some of the research I did into Delicious’ various design iterations over the years via the Internet Archive. It’s a cool birds-eye survey of how the service’s ethos, goals and design changed over time. Beyond the value it provides as a case study, I think there are greater lessons and insights that can be gained from observing the rise and fall of what was once such a beloved online service.
- del.icio.us | 16 September 2005
- del.icio.us | 20 December 2005
- del.icio.us | 11 October 2006
- Delicious.com | 11 May 2011
- Delicious.com | 27 November 2011
- Delicious.com | 12 May 2012
- Delicious.com | 30 August 2012
- Delicious.com | 14 October 2013
- The period between 2013 and 2016 seems to be one endless loading screen from the archive’s perspective
- Delicious.com | 15 March 2016
- At some point in 2016, they went back to their original domain name – del.icio.us | 14 May 2016
As a sidenote, I also found this explanation of Delicious' approach to tagging to be very interesting: del.icio.us/help/tags | 21 February 2006
I hadn't realized that Delicious was actually the first to introduce the concept of user-controlled tags for bookmarks:
When Delicious was first launched, it was the first use of the term "tag" in the modern sense, and it was the first explicit opportunity where website users were given the ability to add their own tags to their bookmarks so that they could more easily search for them at a later time. This major breakthrough was not much noticed as most thought the application at the time "cool" but obvious. – Source
Edit: I hope it's alright to edit a post this many hours after having submitted it. There were a few important updates that I really wanted to include here.
18 votes - I want to know the current state of online bookmarking for you. I’m curious to know if it’s as much of an unmet need in anyone else’s life as it seems to be in mine.
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Internet censorship around the world
Greeting everyone! I think this is the best category to ask that kind of question. I am looking for website/blog/author which provides information regarding new restriction on the internet. For...
Greeting everyone!
I think this is the best category to ask that kind of question. I am looking for website/blog/author which provides information regarding new restriction on the internet. For example in China, Iran, Russia and etc...
Any good sources to get fresh information (In English).
11 votes -
How the alt-right manipulates the internet’s biggest commenting platform Disqus
22 votes -
How Much Is Too Much When It Comes to Self-Disclosure? A condition called privacy fatigue may lead you to let down your filters.
12 votes -
A sobering look at fake online reviews
11 votes -
What do you think the difference between a good site and a great site is?
We work with websites every day. What is it about a site that you think makes it great? What holds a site back from greatness?
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SpaceX is achieving high bandwidth, 25ms latency with Starlink test satellites
@elonmusk: @nitantbhartia @ninoles @medickinson @thephysicsgirl Pretty good. TinTin A & B are both closing the link to ground w phased array at high bandwidth, low latency (25 ms). Good enough to play fast response video games.
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Why the alt-right thinks porn is a Jewish conspiracy
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Sometimes I refresh the page and it refreshes to quick I don't think it refreshed.
First world problem of having a fast website. Dei pls make tildes more like every other slow site on the internet.
11 votes -
More teens are ‘almost constantly’ online, and more are ditching Facebook
13 votes -
I don’t know how to waste time on the internet anymore
19 votes -
California Senate defies AT&T, votes for strict net neutrality rules
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Europe will vote on internet censorship on the 20th
11 votes -
It's just the internet
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Imgur adds videos
19 votes -
FBI: Kindly reboot your router now, please
12 votes -
Ireland’s abortion vote becomes a test for Facebook and Google
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Memes that kill: The future of information warfare
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This is how internet regulation can go really wrong
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How to turn on Gmail's Smart Compose and let Google AI write your emails
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How the black point message crashes Android apps
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You can’t opt out of sharing your data, even if you didn’t opt in
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France seizes France.com from man who’s had it since ‘94, so he sues
5 votes