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21 votes
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A novel example of namespace clashing in competition between bots
Discuss: namespace clashes expose and ensure instabilities in user-side solutions to interface problems. Case in point -- the RemindMeBot, which will send a timed reminder message to anyone who...
Discuss: namespace clashes expose and ensure instabilities in user-side solutions to interface problems.
Case in point -- the RemindMeBot, which will send a timed reminder message to anyone who calls it in a reddit comment with the phrase "RemindMe!", has been cloned and iterated upon by another bot, Kzreminderbot, which responds to the exact same trigger phrase. Both bots reply to the comment threads where they are summoned. Kzreminderbot has slightly more diverse features, including email/text notification, but the interesting thing here (I think) is the impotence of the response from the creator of RemindMeBot, who has added a link in their comment replies to send annoyed feedback to the second bot.
We talk occasionally about the scramble for usernames on new services, but this is an slightly novel example of the cascading hierarchies of website design. A feature which reddit lacked is added by a bot, but that bot is too provisional to cover the hole which it was meant to fill.
8 votes -
Facebook and Instagram ban usage of "commonly sexual emojis" along with solicitations for nude images or sex
10 votes -
Twitter announces that they are stopping all political advertising globally
42 votes -
"Facebook is wrong and I have receipts"—Jedd Legum provides proof Daily Wire is gaming Facebook's algorithm
@juddlegum: 1. UPDATE: So in response to my report that The Daily Wire is gaming Facebook with a network of 14 large pages Facebook released a new statement. Facebook says these are "real pages run by real people" Facebook is wrong and I have receipts https://t.co/z5s3LsOMm3
11 votes -
Twitter for Mac is incapable of accepting certain letters in the password field. Not special characters. Regular letters
@mikebeas: Twitter for Mac is incapable of accepting certain letters in the password field. Not special characters. Regular letters. https://t.co/QMDJyc4uRO
9 votes -
There is no algorithm for truth
16 votes -
How a social network could save democracy from deadlock
4 votes -
Mark Zuckerberg is struggling to explain why Breitbart belongs on Facebook News
27 votes -
In a new report, Penn State political scientists suggest that radicalization on YouTube is driven by communities that form around right-wing content more than the recommendation engine
11 votes -
How a social network could save democracy from deadlock
13 votes -
Inside /r/Relationships, the unbearably human corner of Reddit
10 votes -
The Internet and the Third Estate
5 votes -
Catalonia has created a new kind of online activism leveraging social media and peer-to-peer technology to orchestrate massive protests
15 votes -
This sure looks like Mitt Romney’s secret Twitter account—Meet “Pierre Delecto”
18 votes -
Yahoo Groups will prevent new content from being uploaded on October 28, and all previous content will be deleted on December 14
12 votes -
Your options for saving Yahoo Groups content
9 votes -
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman's prepared remarks for congressional hearing about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
16 votes -
Mastodon 3.0 has been released
26 votes -
Facebook should ban campaign ads. End the lies.
10 votes -
What does PewDiePie really believe? The biggest YouTuber in the world has been accused of being a closet white nationalist and even inspiring mass shootings. He says it’s all a misunderstanding
23 votes -
TikTok is the latest window into China’s police state
11 votes -
Facebook's dating service is full of red flags
19 votes -
Facebook launches "Threads from Instagram", a new camera-first messaging app
5 votes -
Social Networks or Social Nightmares? with Roger McNamee, Max Schrems and Evgeny Morozov
3 votes -
All hands on deck—In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government
11 votes -
Facebook to exempt opinion and satire from fact-checking
7 votes -
The secret list of words causing demonetization by Youtube bots
19 votes -
Facebook has taken down the huge "Police Lives Matter" page after being revealed as a Kosovo-based operation pushing misinformation about US cops
23 votes -
An interview with the Ukrainians who created the "I Love America" Facebook page
10 votes -
Coalition of charitable and peace-building organisations in Finland crowdsource for 'forgiveness' emoji
6 votes -
Twitch's latest crackdowns on 'sexual' content are leaving streamers baffled
13 votes -
Facebook has suspended tens of thousands of apps as part of their ongoing investigation into data misuse
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Facebook’s suspension of ‘tens of thousands’ of apps reveals wider privacy issues
5 votes -
More control over your conversations now available in Japan and the US
3 votes -
Recovering my account on StackExchange
Occasionally, I lose control of my account on StackExchange. I don't visit for a few months, I get logged out by some process during that time, and, when I try to log in, it tells me my password...
Occasionally, I lose control of my account on StackExchange. I don't visit for a few months, I get logged out by some process during that time, and, when I try to log in, it tells me my password is incorrect.
When I go through the "forgot password" process, get the recovery email, and reset my password... I then get told I'm about to create a new account on StackExchange. I actually did that once, many years ago, and trying to figure out how to combine the accounts was messy.
It's happened again.
How do I reset my password without creating a new account? StackExchange has always been a little bit like High Dark Magic to me. Its account structure seems more confusing than necessary.
7 votes -
ActivityPub: The “worse is better” approach to federated social networking
10 votes -
Russian propaganda stoking 5G health fears in Australia
16 votes -
Would the internet be healthier without 'like' counts?
10 votes -
The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghostwriter Natalie
5 votes -
Reddit is testing warnings when submitting to highly-moderated subreddits and encouraging users to post in other subreddits
39 votes -
French white supremacist network Suavelos is attracting traffic to their site by using deceptive Facebook pages that appear to support popular causes
8 votes -
Reddit launches /r/Layer, a "community canvas" sponsored by Adobe
25 votes -
Facebook is under investigation for antitrust violations by a coalition of the attorneys general of 8 states and DC, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James
10 votes -
US Senator says Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg should face ‘possibility of a prison term’
14 votes -
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account was compromised, sent public tweets and retweets including racial slurs
17 votes -
Google to pay up to $200M to settle FTC investigation into YouTube over violations of children's privacy laws
7 votes -
Teens are using Instagram to cast each other in fake Broadway shows
9 votes -
New research finds that user affiliations on Reddit can be used to predict which subreddits will turn so toxic they eventually get banned
30 votes -
In April 2018, Facebook promised to share data so academics could research impact on elections. They haven't done it, and the project's funders will pull out if it's not all available by Sept 30
9 votes