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6 votes
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What would you want in a Stackoverflow/Quora competitor?
My friend was rambling about making his own Stackoverflow/quora clone, but with some random specific features. Note that this project would probably compete directly with Quora, but have multiple...
My friend was rambling about making his own Stackoverflow/quora clone, but with some random specific features.
Note that this project would probably compete directly with Quora, but have multiple subcomminties like Stackoverflow/Reddit. We think taking programming FAQs from SO is too uphill of a battle to focus on.
What are some great ideas?
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I have forgotten how to read: For a long time Michael Harris convinced himself that a childhood spent immersed in old-fashioned books would insulate him from our new media climate. He was wrong.
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Google pay study finds it underpaid men for some jobs
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All Intel chips open to new Spoiler non-Spectre attack: Don't expect a quick fix
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For years Facebook claimed the adding a phone number for 2FA was only for security. Now it can be searched and there's no way to disable that.
@jeremyburge: For years Facebook claimed the adding a phone number for 2FA was only for security. Now it can be searched and there's no way to disable that.
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15 non-obvious HPC experts to follow on Twitter
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I stood up to Apple and fixed my own Mac
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The Firefox Experiments I Would Have Liked To Try
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Google employees uncover ongoing work on censored China search
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Are certain message boards like Tildes, Reddit etc. social engineering?
The active development of Tildes and the feedback/discussions about features and mechanisms had me thinking. Is the conscious design and moderation of forums for public discourse a manner of...
The active development of Tildes and the feedback/discussions about features and mechanisms had me thinking. Is the conscious design and moderation of forums for public discourse a manner of social engineering?
I know the connotation of social engineering is usually negative, as in manipulating people for politics. But it's a double edged sword.
Most recently I was reading this feedback on removing usernames from link topics and while reading the comments I was thinking of how meta this all is. It's meta-meta-cognition in that we (well, by far the actual developers) are designing the space within which we execute our discourse and thinking. To paraphrase the above example: user identification can bias one's own impulse reaction to content, either to a beneficial or detrimental end, so how do we want this?
The moderation-influenced scenario is a bit more tricky because it can become too top-heavy, as in one prominent example many of us came from recently... But I think with a balance of direction from the overlords (jk, there is also public input as mentioned) and the chaos of natural public discourse, you could obtain an efficient environment for the exchange of ideas.
I'm not sure what my stimulating question would be for you all, so just tell me what you think.
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‘Is my absence from social media a red flag?’
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Why the Galaxy Fold will be a huge success even at $2,000 -- "[...] Samsung has effectively turned into the new Apple. They are the innovators. They are ahead of the game."
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Motorola will sell its first foldable smartphone this summer
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Giving automation the power to detect crime and enforce punishment has ramifications, even for minor infractions
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The life of a comment moderator for a right-wing website
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Memes are our generation's protest art
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Status as a Service
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Inside Facebook’s war on hate speech: An exclusive embed with Facebook’s shadow government
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Revealed: Facebook’s global lobbying against data privacy laws
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Canada has formally commenced the process to extradite Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei to the USA
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Amazon to launch new grocery-store business, distinct from Whole Foods
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Disney's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is a tour de force of technology and world building
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Galaxy S10 Plus review
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EFF announces "Fix It Already" campaign to demand fixes for specific issues from nine major tech companies and platforms
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YouTube bans comments on videos of children
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Android is helping kill passwords on billions of devices
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All Medium paywalled stories are now free and unmetered when you’re coming from Twitter
@ev: All @Medium paywalled stories are now free and unmetered when you're coming from Twitter.
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Amazon announces "Project Zero", a program which will allow brands to directly remove counterfeit listings
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In-browser cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive will shut down on March 8
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How blockchain is being applied to improve the world and its potential to solve major world problems
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Musical.ly/TikTok agrees to pay $5.7M to settle FTC allegations that it violated children’s privacy law
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What happened to broadband in Australia? NBN Co’s former CEO on how the Coalition broke the internet.
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F(x)tec Pro 1 – A slider phone for QWERTY keyboard lovers?
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The small, small world of Facebook’s anti-vaxxers
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RIP Culture War Thread - /r/slatestarcodex's regular thread for debating polarizing issues showed the difficulties and risks of hosting those conversations
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The microphones that may be hidden in your home
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Spotify launches in India amidst legal battle with Warner
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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: A $3,500 mixed reality headset for the factory, not the living room
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Facebook's terms for its Patreon-like "Fan Subscriptions" feature include taking up to 30% of revenue, offering free trial subscriptions, and a perpetual license to all content
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Nubia Alpha is both a smartwatch and a smartphone with a flexible screen
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YouTube and demonetization: The hammer and nail of content moderation
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DeathHacks
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FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws
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A silly Google Maps origin story about how “Satellite” was almost named “Bird Mode”
@btaylor: Here's a silly Google Maps origin story about how "Satellite" was almost named "Bird Mode
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The history of Android
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The real reason why Facebook and Google won’t change
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The route of a text message, a love story
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Right to repair legislation is officially being considered in Canada
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The trauma floor - The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America
17 votes