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Vindu Goel

@vindugoel
31 posts
2021-02-18
For a company that claims to care about public discourse and named its main product feature “News Feed,” this is an odd move. This raw exercise of power certainly won't help Facebook beat back the various antitrust investigations around the world. https://twitter.com/...
2021-02-18 View on X
About Facebook

Ahead of proposed media law, Facebook bans Australians from sharing or viewing news and all users from sharing and viewing news on Australian news Pages

In response to Australia's proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing …

2021-01-02
FarmVille marked the first real decline in Facebook as a platform for meaningful interactions. All those players logged into Facebook daily, but the notifications drove others batty. Facebook has struggled ever since to find the right balance between addiction and relevance. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-02 View on X
New York Times

Obituary of FarmVille, which closed on Thursday but lives on in its growth-hacking techniques that are being imitated by everything from Instagram to QAnon

yes, there are people still playing it — is shutting down. An obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/... Daniel Victor / @bydanielvictor : RIP to FarmVille, shutting down today more tha...

2021-01-01
FarmVille marked the first real decline in Facebook as a platform for meaningful interactions. All those players logged into Facebook daily, but the notifications drove others batty. Facebook has struggled ever since to find the right balance between addiction and relevance. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-01 View on X
New York Times

Obituary of FarmVille, which is closing on Thursday but lives on in its growth-hacking techniques that are being imitated by everything from Instagram to QAnon

The game, a phenomenon a decade ago, is shutting down on Thursday.  But its legacy — for better and for worse — carries beyond gaming.

2020-06-25
Michael Hawley's amazing life: Laid groundwork for Internet of Things, shared houses with Steve Jobs & Marvin Minsky, published world's largest book, played piano with Yo-Yo Ma at Bill Nye's wedding, joined early science expedition to Everest. By @CadeMetz https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-06-25 View on X
New York Times

Michael Hawley, whose work at MIT Media Lab helped lay the groundwork for IoT, and who helped Steve Jobs and Larry Page write commencement speeches, dies at 58

A man of manifold interests, his achievements ranged from developing ideas behind the so-called Internet of Things to publishing the world's biggest book.

2020-05-27
Big move by Twitter: For the first time, Twitter calls out President Trump for false tweets by putting a separate link under two of his posts directing Twitter users to factual information about his misleading claims. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-05-27 View on X
Washington Post

In a first, Twitter adds a “Get the facts” label to two Trump tweets with false claims about mail-in voting, which links to a Twitter Moment refuting his claims

The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked

2020-04-26
The spirit of Travis Kalanick lives on at Uber! https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ...
2020-04-26 View on X
San Francisco Chronicle

SF supervisor says Uber is retaliating against the city's temporary cap on food delivery commissions by ceasing deliveries to low income neighborhoods

as opposed to letting the free market decide. Do @DoorDash @postmates and @Grubhub still deliver to treasure island? https://twitter.com/... @thesoulcab : @dkhos @tonywest are shit...

2020-04-25
The spirit of Travis Kalanick lives on at Uber! https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ...
2020-04-25 View on X
San Francisco Chronicle

SF supervisor says Uber is retaliating against the city's temporary cap on food delivery commissions by ceasing deliveries to low income neighborhoods

San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney accused Uber of redlining after it cut off access to Uber Eats for Treasure Island residents …

2020-02-28
When Pakistan passed new online censorship rules this month, the government expected global internet companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter to comply. Instead, the tech giants threatened to leave the country. With @salmanmasood https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-02-28 View on X
New York Times

Pakistan to review new internet censorship rules after a group representing Facebook, Google, and Twitter writes a letter threatening to leave the country

New York Times :

2020-01-31
More proof that Facebook's systems for reporting problem content are utterly broken. https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-31 View on X
BuzzFeed News

Woman tried for 4 years to get Facebook to remove a business page someone created for her “butthole”; the company removed it only after BuzzFeed wrote about it

This is civic tech: Oh look, here comes UpLink … Tweets: Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf : So this woman was 15 when someone created a Facebook business page dedicated to... her butthole...

2020-01-30
More proof that Facebook's systems for reporting problem content are utterly broken. https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-30 View on X
BuzzFeed News

Woman tried for 4 years to get Facebook to remove a business page someone created for her butthole, which the company removed only after BuzzFeed wrote about it

“This unofficial Page was created because people on Facebook have shown interest in this place or business.

2020-01-21
Ceding defeat in Indian food delivery, Uber sells business to Zomato. https://www.nytimes.com/... via @NYTimes
2020-01-21 View on X
New York Times

Uber has agreed to sell Uber Eats in India to Zomato for 9.99% share in the company; all delivery drivers and basic customer information to be transferred over

The ride-hailing giant agreed to sell Uber Eats in India to rival Zomato, continuing its recent efforts to exit money-losing businesses.

By selling its Eats business in India, Uber gets about 10 percent of Zomato, a fast-growing food delivery and restaurant review site. https://www.nytimes.com/... via @NYTimes
2020-01-21 View on X
New York Times

Uber has agreed to sell Uber Eats in India to Zomato for 9.99% share in the company; all delivery drivers and basic customer information to be transferred over

The ride-hailing giant agreed to sell Uber Eats in India to rival Zomato, continuing its recent efforts to exit money-losing businesses.

2020-01-03
@nytimes Even while Oyo claims to be more successful than ever, Oyo's front-line employees in India say their jobs are pressure cookers, with the company expecting them to be available 24/7. The company fired hundreds of people this year, claiming poor performance. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-01-03 View on X
New York Times

Current and former workers say Oyo's growth in India is fueled by questionable practices like imposing hidden fees, padding listings, and withholding payments

New York Times :

Oyo now owns the Hooters hotel in Las Vegas and wants to transform America's budget hotel business the way it did in India. But what happened in India offers a cautionary tale. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-01-03 View on X
New York Times

Current and former workers say Oyo's growth in India is fueled by questionable practices like imposing hidden fees, padding listings, and withholding payments

New York Times :

Backed by SoftBank, Oyo became India's largest hotel chain. But much of its growth was built on dodgy practices, like giving free rooms to the police and listing unavailable rooms, current and ex-workers said. A thread on the @nytimes investigation. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-01-03 View on X
New York Times

Current and former workers say Oyo's growth in India is fueled by questionable practices like imposing hidden fees, padding listings, and withholding payments

New York Times :

“It's a bubble that will burst,” said one former employee of Oyo, an Indian hotel chain that now wants to be a big player in the U.S. and Europe. The start-up engaged in dubious practices to boost its growth, current and former employees said. https://www.nytimes.com/... via @NYTimes
2020-01-03 View on X
New York Times

Current and former workers say Oyo's growth in India is fueled by questionable practices like imposing hidden fees, padding listings, and withholding payments

New York Times :

@nytimes For our investigation into Oyo's practices, @Karan_Singhs and I interviewed 20 current and former employees and more than 20 others familiar with Oyo. We also spoke to 4 top executives to understand the company's perspective. Read the @nytimes findings: https://www.nytimes.com/...
2020-01-03 View on X
New York Times

Current and former workers say Oyo's growth in India is fueled by questionable practices like imposing hidden fees, padding listings, and withholding payments

New York Times :

2019-12-11
India is poised to pass its first personal data protection law. It would give the country's 1.3 billion people much more control over how corporations use their data but also allow the government to exempt itself from similar restrictions. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2019-12-11 View on X
TechCrunch

India proposes new data protection bill requiring companies to garner consent from citizens before collecting and processing users' personal data

Manish Singh / TechCrunch :

2019-11-14
SoftBank threw billions of dollars at start-ups like Oyo, Ola, Uber, Rappi, and Compass. @Nytimes investigated how the workers and contractors hired with that cash ended up paying a heavy price. With @nathaniel popper, Arjun Harindranath and @karan_singhs. https://www.nytimes.com/...
2019-11-14 View on X
New York Times

How startups around the world, using SoftBank funds, got contractors like drivers and hoteliers to commit via unsustainable incentives, and then cut them off

SoftBank poured money into start-ups that use armies of contractors.  That has upended the lives of drivers, hotel operators and real estate agents around the world.

Armed with $1 billion from SoftBank, Oyo became India's largest hotel chain by offering budget hotel owners guaranteed payments and big promises. Then, say hotel owners, it reneged on the deals. A thread on what we found: https://www.nytimes.com/...
2019-11-14 View on X
New York Times

How startups around the world, using SoftBank funds, got contractors like drivers and hoteliers to commit via unsustainable incentives, and then cut them off

SoftBank poured money into start-ups that use armies of contractors.  That has upended the lives of drivers, hotel operators and real estate agents around the world.