[Thread] Elon Musk says a “new Twitter policy” will deboost and demonetize “negative/hate tweets” and reinstates Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and Babylon Bee
This week has been a week. Okay, let's just get into it. — Twitter needs to die Derek Saul / Forbes : ‘Freedom Of Speech, But Not Freedom Of Reach’: Musk Reinstates Kathy Griffin And Jordan Peterso...
Musk says he may not “actually be able to” buy Twitter, he is motivated by its public interest value, it should open source its algorithm, and he has a Plan B
Utopian good—with another six architectural and business model reforms. Let me run the place in my spare time from finding, funding, and growing Deep Tech breakthroughs. https://twitter.com/... Kurt W...
A look at @depthsofwikipedia, a viral social media account created by 22-year-old Annie Rauwerda that shares bizarre, amusing, and surprising Wikipedia snippets
On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site's most bizarre pages. Tweets: @nytimes , @raju , @pomeranian99 , @macmccanntx , @joshuatopolsky , @markyarm , @yaso , a...
Crypto faces a backlash from gamers because NFTs are often a way for game developers to extract more money, whereas music fans treat NFTs more like souvenirs
Casey Newton / Platformer : Tweets: @caseynewton , @kevinbuist , @jeffjohnroberts , @sarthakgh , @joshelman , and @joshuatopolsky Tweets: Casey Newton / @caseynewton : I tried to answer a question th...
A look at r/WallStreetBets, a 2M-member subreddit that helped push GameStop's stock to record highs and is now facing allegations of harassment
Over the past several weeks, GameStop stock has traded … Philip Stafford / Financial Times : GameStop and BlackBerry shares soar on amateur traders' fervour YouTube : The Big Short SQUEEZE from $5 to ...
Facebook removes some events calling for protests of stay-at-home orders, saying “events that defy government's guidance on social distancing aren't allowed”
> this is manipulation of their network. It's also disinformation / astroturfing... 👇 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Jordan Schachtel / @jordanschachtel : Facebook is purging groups to protest lo...
In the aftermath of StockX's 2019 data breach, customers continue to face challenges including fraudulent purchases and lack of customer service responses
Some buyers continue to deal with fraudulent purchases, and the company's response (or lack thereof) is cause for concern. Tweets: @zackwhittaker , @abcdedgar , and @joshuatopolsky Tweets: Zack Whitta...
Facebook should explain how it will design surveys ranking trust in news sources, whether media can contest rank, whether user ideologies will be a factor, more
But Soars in China Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Facebook asks users to determine trustworthy news sources Matthew Sheffield / Salon : Facebook promises to clean up its toxic news feed: Is that even possib...
The Daily Mail has not been banned from Wikipedia as previously reported, but editors are discouraged from linking to it when better sources exist
Nicole Kobie / The Outline : Tweets: @joshuatopolsky Tweets: Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky : According to Wikipedia editors, BuzzFeed and the Daily Mail are unreliable, but RT and Breitbart are f...
The Daily Mail has not been banned from Wikipedia as previously reported, but editors are discouraged from linking to it when better sources exist
The digital encyclopedia has no real leadership, doesn't vote, and has no rules. So how does it govern itself? Tweets: @joshuatopolsky Tweets: Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky : According to Wikiped...