2024-02-05
you may have noticed that Quora's Q&As are quite bizarre now. I spoke with several longtime Quorans, and they told me how a site once dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge devolved into a mess of spam and sludge—even *before* A.I. got to it. my latest: https://slate.com/...
Slate
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries
indeed, the story of what happened to Quora is a warning for the rest of the internet in the A.I. age: https://twitter.com/...
Slate
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries
but it's not just A.I.—it's a cautionary tale about the exuberance of the zero-interest-rate era, the perils of overrelying on SEO, the folly of neglecting content moderation and user safety, and why Web 2.0 never cared about its most creative users, despite the lofty claims
Slate
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries
2024-02-04
indeed, the story of what happened to Quora is a warning for the rest of the internet in the A.I. age: https://twitter.com/...
Slate
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries
This raised the issue of consent and ownership, as Quorans had to decide whether to consent to the new terms or take their work and flee. Mastodon: @glenngabe@mas.to , @waxy@xoxo.z...
you may have noticed that Quora's Q&As are quite bizarre now. I spoke with several longtime Quorans, and they told me how a site once dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge devolved into a mess of spam and sludge—even *before* A.I. got to it. my latest: https://slate.com/...
Slate
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries
This raised the issue of consent and ownership, as Quorans had to decide whether to consent to the new terms or take their work and flee. Mastodon: @glenngabe@mas.to , @waxy@xoxo.z...
but it's not just A.I.—it's a cautionary tale about the exuberance of the zero-interest-rate era, the perils of overrelying on SEO, the folly of neglecting content moderation and user safety, and why Web 2.0 never cared about its most creative users, despite the lofty claims
Slate
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries
This raised the issue of consent and ownership, as Quorans had to decide whether to consent to the new terms or take their work and flee. Mastodon: @glenngabe@mas.to , @waxy@xoxo.z...
2023-07-11
in the fall, when Elon took over Twitter, I applied to be a @CommunityNotes volunteer—and not only was I accepted, but I got to see (and contribute to) a deep, fascinating spectrum of the Twitter 2.0 machine that few other users are aware of. my latest: https://slate.com/...
Slate
A volunteer contributor for Twitter's Community Notes details checking spam and disinformation across the platform and says the tools are far from sufficient
Twitter's “Community Notes” volunteers are supposed to make the platform “the most accurate source of information about the world.” Twitter: @iethics and @pahwa_nitish Twitter: @ie...
2023-07-01
wrote about how a new law in Canada, passed with the intent of making Google and Facebook share money with news outlets, may end up accelerating the decline of the country's media sector. with insights from @JesseBrown, @mgeist, and @doctorow: https://slate.com/...
Slate
Canada may think Bill C-18 still has more room for negotiation, based on Meta's 2021 deal with Australia, but tech platforms no longer view news as valuable
2023-06-30
wrote about how a new law in Canada, passed with the intent of making Google and Facebook share money with news outlets, may end up accelerating the decline of the country's media sector. with insights from @JesseBrown, @mgeist, and @doctorow: https://slate.com/...
Slate
Canada may think Bill C-18 still has more room for negotiation, based on Meta's 2021 deal with Australia, but tech platforms no longer view news as valuable
On June 22, the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act. The new law, according to a government news release …
2023-01-15
The hosts are billionaire besties and longtime tech players. They helped oust a district attorney, and advised Elon during the Twitter takeover. Gwyneth Paltrow and Steph Curry are fans. Here's me on the influential, underestimated All-In podcast: https://slate.com/...
Slate
How popular tech podcast All-In, with hosts Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and David Friedberg, gives some insight into Elon Musk's Twitter
Nitish Pahwa / Slate :
2023-01-14
The hosts are billionaire besties and longtime tech players. They helped oust a district attorney, and advised Elon during the Twitter takeover. Gwyneth Paltrow and Steph Curry are fans. Here's me on the influential, underestimated All-In podcast: https://slate.com/...
Slate
How All-In, the popular tech podcast moderated by Jason Calacanis and his billionaire pals, gives an insight into Twitter under Elon Musk
On Nov. 7, about a week after Elon Musk took over Twitter and laid off half the staff, a company vice president offered a group of concerned employees …
2022-12-11
Spoke with @eirliani about quitting Twitter's Trust and Safety Board in protest after serving for nearly seven years, and the drastic ways company leadership has changed under Elon Musk: https://slate.com/...
Slate
Three members of Twitter's Trust and Safety Council, including two who have been members since 2016, resign, alleging Twitter's new leadership had shut them out
Nitish Pahwa / Slate :
Spoke with @eirliani about quitting Twitter's Trust and Safety Board in protest after serving for nearly seven years, and the drastic ways company leadership has changed under Elon Musk: https://slate.com/...
New York Magazine
With the “Twitter Files”, Elon Musk has become an egregious example of what he wanted to expose: managers leveraging their social platforms for partisan ends
But it is actually a tool of progressive power. While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …