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4 votes
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The English Wikipedia has reached 6,000,000 articles
21 votes -
Sci-fi magazine pulls story by trans writer after 'barrage of attacks'
20 votes -
When we give in to manufactured internet wars
7 votes -
The Fediverse in 2019
15 votes -
Cut undersea cable plunges Yemen into days-long internet outage
6 votes -
Sinkholed
12 votes -
Billions of medical images available online
10 votes -
Canceling
26 votes -
1996 talk by Cliff Stoll about the future of computers and the internet
9 votes -
Promiscuous cookies and their impending death via the SameSite policy
10 votes -
Don't trust online reviews (personal anecdote)
I recently bought a product online. I wasn't able to find it in a bricks-and-mortar shop, so I had to buy it online to even see it, let alone try it. I received it, and it wasn't right for me. I...
I recently bought a product online. I wasn't able to find it in a bricks-and-mortar shop, so I had to buy it online to even see it, let alone try it. I received it, and it wasn't right for me. I was able to exchange it for a different version, but even the different version wasn't right. So I returned the product and got a refund. All along, the customer service was excellent, but the product itself turned out not to be what I wanted.
The way the product failed for me was connected to the "headline" description of the product. It wasn't a minor failure. It did something that they explicitly said it wouldn't do, which was one of the main selling features of the product.
After the dust settled, I wrote a review of the product. I don't normally do this: I neither write nor read reviews. However, I know that other people do rely on reviews and, seeing as this product is only available online, and its failure was linked to a major selling feature of the product, I felt duty-bound to inform other prospective buyers that it might not suit some people. I gave it a 2-star (out of 5) rating, as well as writing up why it didn't suit me (while allowing that it might still suit other people).
Since I submitted the review, I have checked the website (I'm an egotist: I wanted to see my words being published!). Other reviews with more recent timestamps have appeared, but my review has not appeared. I've now noticed that the lowest rating in their reviews is a single 3-star rating, with some 4-star reviews and lots of 5-star reviews. There are no 2-star or 1-star reviews. My only conclusion is that the company selects which reviews to publish - and which ones not to publish.
I've always wondered if companies would post negative reviews of their own products. Now I know for sure that at least one company does not.
18 votes -
What's one thing you HAVEN'T been able to find online, no matter how hard you tried?
It could be the final piece to your prized collection, a person you talked to before they seemingly disappeared, a story you read that has since been deleted, etc. In my case, I really wanted to...
It could be the final piece to your prized collection, a person you talked to before they seemingly disappeared, a story you read that has since been deleted, etc.
In my case, I really wanted to find a website called notebookinhand.com, a forum I came across while I was a teenager in the early 2010s. It was solely dedicated to people describing their hobbies, and the community seemed very nice and welcoming, and I also like how the site was designed. It looks like it's been shut down but I can't stop thinking about it!
So, tell me what's your internet "unicorn", so to speak.
44 votes -
SpaceX set for record-breaking 2020 manifest
5 votes -
The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.
11 votes -
Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet
21 votes -
Alienated, alone and angry: What the digital revolution really did to us
15 votes -
The law that helped the internet flourish now undermines democracy
8 votes -
India suspends internet and phone services in some parts of the country to quell protests over new citizenship law that excludes Muslims
21 votes -
Apple has secret team working on satellites to beam data to devices
5 votes -
What does your car know about you? We hacked a Chevy and found that automakers collect data through hundreds of sensors and an always-on Internet connection
22 votes -
This Page is Designed to Last
23 votes -
"Link in bio": it seems like a harmless phrase, but it represents a strategy of controlling users and keeping them away from the open web
15 votes -
The real trouble with Silicon Valley: The toxicity of the web is peanuts compared with Big Tech’s failure to remake the physical world
9 votes -
Microbrowsers are everywhere
10 votes -
AIM was the killer app of 1997. It’s still shaping the internet today.
16 votes -
An investigation into the theft and sale of over $50 million worth of African IP address blocks by an insider
8 votes -
Four US congressional reps ask Bill Barr to restart his war on porn
8 votes -
FYI, Wikipedia is discontinuing support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1
Hey everyone, I noticed accessing Wikipedia today that my old version of the app no longer loaded any pages, so I tried checking with my stock browser and it displayed a warning that Wikipedia is...
Hey everyone,
I noticed accessing Wikipedia today that my old version of the app no longer loaded any pages, so I tried checking with my stock browser and it displayed a warning that Wikipedia is dropping support for anything that can't negotiate TLS 1.2. I haven't seen any articles on it yet online, so just thought I'd holler a mention.
8 votes -
McKee, Kentucky has a population of 1200 people and gigabit internet provided by the Peoples' Rural Telephone Cooperative
7 votes -
The magical science of wi-fi on airplanes
14 votes -
Ethos Capital paid $1.135 billion for the acquisition of Public Interest Registry (.org)
23 votes -
Why I voted to sell .ORG
28 votes -
Tim Berners-Lee proposes "Contract for the Web": A set of principles to guide a better development of the Internet
12 votes -
Save .org: Help stop the sale of the Public Interest Registry to a Private Equity Firm
34 votes -
Looking for a domain name registrar and a hosting provider for Intergrid
I will be releasing a beta version of Intergrid in the near future, before New Year. The first thing I need is someone to buy a domain name from. I'm looking for a reasonable yearly price for the...
I will be releasing a beta version of Intergrid in the near future, before New Year.
The first thing I need is someone to buy a domain name from.
I'm looking for a reasonable yearly price for the common generic TLDs ($10~$20), combined with reliability of support.
The only previous experience I had was with GoDaddy, and I had no issues with them. I have, however, heard stories of terrible support service (which I never used, for lack of need), and I'd rather not support a company of that level of service. (Nevermind that I bear strong dislike for post-service spam.)
The second thing I need is someone to host it.
Ideally, I would host it on a personal server, which would probably be a Pi-like platform, because I like the idea of owning the host as far as personal projects are concerned. I have little idea of how viable it is, or whether it's a better option for me than renting server space at the moment.
Lacking that, I'd like to have a EU-based hosting provider with reasonably-cheap ($10~$15) basic-level plans. Since the beta of Intergrid is local-storage-only, having a database hosted or supplied is not an issue at the moment. Low time-to-connect is important.
12 votes -
That Starlink problem astronomers were worried about is totally happening
19 votes -
What the web still is - The state of the web and its positive qualities
14 votes -
Google is going to deploy Loon balloons in rural Peru
9 votes -
Iran's internet blackout reaches four-day mark
15 votes -
Ethos Capital has acquired the Public Interest Registry, manager of the .org top-level domain
30 votes -
How activists are getting around Iran’s internet blackout
6 votes -
Firefox’s fight for the future of the web: With Google’s Chrome dominating the market, not-for-profit rival Mozilla is staking a comeback on its dedication to privacy
49 votes -
Planetocopia!
6 votes -
The Internet Free Zone
17 votes -
Free Internet access should be a basic human right: Study
19 votes -
Brave browser 1.0 has been released, and eight million BAT will be distributed to mobile users
11 votes -
Online cesspool got you down? You can clean it up, for a price
6 votes -
SpaceX has successfully launched another sixty Starlink satellites
14 votes -
The golden age of the internet is over
6 votes