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If anyone can give us a real Facebook alternative, it’s Apple
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EFF launches "TOSsed Out", a new project to highlight ways that Terms of Service and other rules are unevenly and unthinkingly applied to people by online services
12 votes -
Where algorithms can't find you
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My video went viral. Here's why
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Social media are ruining political discourse
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I regret my role at Facebook, but I’m keeping the money
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“Get off my lawn” goes digital: Home surveillance apps and community social networks aren't making anyone safer. They're allowing paranoid jerks to harass their neighbors.
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Facebook, Google, Twitter sign 'Christchurch Call' to cull terrorist content
Facebook, Google, Twitter sign 'Christchurch Call' to cull terrorist content And here is the Christchurch Call itself.
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Reddit For Sale: How We Bought The Top Spot For $200 (2016)
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A Simple Way to Reduce Harassment in Online Discussion Groups
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How WhatsApp leaked my private information to advertisers
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I tried to make Facebook's news feed random and fun
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Breaking up Facebook isn’t enough
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Should the media quit Facebook?
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It's Time to Break Up Facebook
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The rise of fear-based social media like Nextdoor, Citizen, and now Amazon’s Neighbors
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TikTok might be a Chinese Cambridge Analytica-scale privacy threat
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What makes a video essay good?
Youtube channels like CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, Vsauce and Nerdwriter are all incredibly popular. They bring up interesting topics, explain them fairly well, and have high production quality. But to...
Youtube channels like CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, Vsauce and Nerdwriter are all incredibly popular. They bring up interesting topics, explain them fairly well, and have high production quality. But to me, something is missing. I'm not sure how to formulate my criticism, since it has nothing to do with the quality of their videos.
It feels like the mentioned channels lack depth. They give off an uncomfortable "pop-science" vibe. Pop-science isn't wrong, I have nothing against it. But they feel too "poppy". They provide sources, but the commentary is directed to people who don't read. They don't dare to use precise words, in case the audience won't understand them. I get the feeling that they make their videos for the lowest common denominator: persons who doesn't read, persons who can't google and persons who want to make no effort to actually learn.
I'd feel bad to only mention bad examples, so here is a list of high-effort video-creators with (in my eyes) good content:
Lindsay Ellis: Long-form film reviews that actually go into the details.
Every Frame a Painting: Very high-quality analyses of film directors and their styles.
3Blue1Brown: Beautifully animated math visualizations explaining multiple areas of mathematics.
Captain Disillusion: Critically debunking and deconstructing fake videos.
Historia Civilis: In-depth historical videos about Rome.
Bliss Foster: A hidden gem, with only 1000 subscribers, analysing runway shows.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on what makes a good video essay. I'd also really like some suggestions for more creators to follow.
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Facebook faces a big penalty, but US regulators are split over how big
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Verizon is looking to sell Tumblr, Pornhub looking to buy
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How an Aquafresh parody Tumblr got swept up in a hate-speech purge
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Instagram is the new mall
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Facebook is redesigning its app and site to put more emphasis on Events and Groups
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Preventing harassment and increasing group participation through social norms in 2,190 online science discussions
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Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits worked
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Safe Schools scare campaign targets Chinese-Australian voters
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Mark Zuckerberg & Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation
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The woman who plotted a Valentine's mass murder shares how the internet radicalized her
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Ireland is blocking the world on data privacy - it's the designated lead regulator for many companies under EU privacy law, but it's in bed with the companies it should be regulating
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Facebook's email-harvesting practice is under investigation in NY
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"It's not play if you're making money": How Instagram and YouTube disrupted child labor laws
9 votes -
How Twitter users compare to the general American public
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Faceless together - What is 4chan
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It’s Complicated: Mozilla’s 2019 Internet Health Report
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People are manipulating you on Facebook
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The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communities, from DeviantArt to Tumblr
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When a country bans social media - Sri Lanka’s ban on social media forces a question nobody wants to ask: what if a global media network is impossible?
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The Black feminists who saw the alt-right threat coming
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Human contact is now a luxury good | Screens used to be for the elite. Now avoiding them is a status symbol.
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WhatsApp has become a hotbed for spreading Nazi propaganda in Germany
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Labor demands Facebook remove 'fake news' posts about false Australian death tax plans
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Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy
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Facebook says it 'unintentionally uploaded' 1.5 million people's email contacts without their consent
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Police are making tone-deaf memes to build community trust
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Why the tech industry is wrong about Australia's video streaming legislation
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15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook
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I miss Facebook, and I'm not ashamed to admit it
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Facebook investors launch desperate bid to oust Mark Zuckerberg
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Reddit’s /r/Piracy is deleting almost ten years of history to avoid ban
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