The pivot to Web3, driven by ideology rather than utility, is akin to a “collective Theranos” that's warping the economy to benefit professional investors
It can feel as if the entire world is bolting on crypto tokens and NFTs. Many in the industry worry the gold rush is akin to a … Tweets: @maxwellstrachan , @martinsfp , @asmallteapot , @ourielohayon ...
An internal doc at Facebook, co-written by Chris Cox, aims to equip employees with rebuttals to the perception that the company's products fuel polarization
In a Thursday presentation, Facebook executives told employees the company isn't to blame for social division in the country. Tweets: @rmac18 , @jtemple , @rmac18 , @buzzfeednews , @rmac18 , @johnpacz...
For many services, moderating content has become an existential crisis; some services are even establishing rules that pre-empt the need for costly moderation
Content moderation rules used to be a question of taste. Now, they can determine a service's prospects for survival. Tweets: @mims , @wiczipedia , @roncharles , @mims , @maxabrahms , @aditi_muses , @...
New mathematical model-based research suggests that exposing US social media users to viewpoints different than their own furthers political polarization
Mathematicians are teaming up with political scientists to create models of how social media divides us, and results suggest at least … Tweets: @mims , @ingridlunden , @mims , @somospostpc , @rjcc , @...
Google was so obsessed with beating Facebook that it missed an opportunity with Google+ to tackle the problems, like radicalization, plaguing social media now
As a member of the marketing team for Google's once-hyped Google+ social network (remember that?) Tweets: @caro , @marypcbuk , @felizari , @gpanger , @mims , and @chrismessina Tweets: Caroline McCarth...
Slack and other workplace messaging services undermine their goal of increased productivity by becoming distractions, where users are constantly chatting
Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven't. — Several people are typing. Tweets: @mostafanageeb , @bdsams , @cebsilver , @howelloneill , @a...
Study: the higher productivity growth of the biggest companies, including Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, results from investment in their own technology
The secret of success for Amazon, Google and Microsoft is how much they invest in their own technology Tweets: @greg_ip , @mims , @calebwatney , @mims , @steven_norton , @mims , and @skupor Tweets: Gr...
How huge contributions from tech titans, a STEM curriculum, and gadgets everywhere failed to overhaul systemic problems in a San Francisco public middle school
Huge contributions from tech titans, a STEM-packed curriculum, gadgets everywhere: Willie Brown Middle School was supposed to set the bar. Tweets: @ilyasu , @mims , @samfr , @kimmaicutler , @jonsteinb...
British ISIS hacker killed in drone strike amid ISIS' efforts to stop using products that might be trackable, like Apple and Samsung devices, WhatsApp
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @ronp , @mims , @mdudas , @mims and @tonyromm Tweets: Ron Palmeri / @ronp : Hacker killed by drone was ‘secret weapon’ http://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ Christopher Mims ...