I think that methodology is wrong. If they analyzed only one instance, then the whole follwer-followee thing might be completely off. And while they measured how many replied frequently, it lacks the “how many replies they got” side

It’s like comparing engagement on whole network vs via only one edge

I think that having any kind of recognizable email is against the idea of privacy. So I would set up the following layering:

1. Mozilla Relay/TempMail (randomized email accounts)
   for most of shops, job applications, etc. If it leaks you can easily disable the account and/or rotate it on periodic basis to limit the cross-database matching (the privacy part)
2. a few separate domains for things where you can’t stop receiving mails or having an account is really worth it

• one for banks
• one for government
• one for the few shops where the first layer is not enough
• one for private exchange

1. the provider that can change

FWIW, It was new to me

Bad article. Person who wrote it clearly has no idea how LLMs work and I suspect read more Sci-Fi books than statistics/neural nets ones. “It is not even wrong”

Net Profits: Dropped by 71% to $2.3 billion in Q4 2024.

Since when 2.4 billion net profit is terrible?

“Yes, we earned billions but it’s actually less than the year before!” Dude, go out and touch some grass…

Access would require being logged into the CVS app and connected to the store’s Wi-Fi

Wow. I had to check if the page is the onion

You can’t cover a topic in 35-60 seconds, and not with enough nuance that some people won’t misunderstand something fundamental.

In country X there are riots. Side A with side B has been clashing since Wednesday, there are N people killed and M wounded.

That’s 30 seconds and all the nuance that’s needed. Next news

many others won’t, and they’ll get their “facts” from TikTok just because you can ingest a lot of content in a very short time

Then at least they know something is happening

“Just one more funny cat video to boost my mood… It’s only 20sec long, and I can afford that in my schedule.” Replace “cat video and 20sec” with “pull and dollar,” and it sounds just like a gambling addict.

You mean like 9GAG? Or TV being on non-stop? Or radio?

When was the last time you can recall somebody committing arson over losing an app?

I bet it’s happening all the time. It just doesn’t make the news until the next “game videos are causing violence”, “rock music makes you kill yourself”, “Harry Potter is satanism” etc becomes a hot topic to tie it to

If you don’t know why something is happening, I guarantee somebody with an agenda will happily fill in the blanks for you.

When it comes to current affairs there is no getting to real “why”. Any opinion on why is a personal spin. Are you really cross-checking all the sources referenced in 20 minutes video? If not, you are on the mercy of the talking head the same as in 30 secs. Thing is, if you spent on one POV 30 secs and then another few, it becomes apparent what is the fact and what is opinion. To do the same in long formats you have to spend a lot of time on one topic, where there are many happening around the world

short-burst video format is engaging, but it allows no room for nuance, no room for fact checking or deeper breakdowns

it simply is other format, for other means. Since yt started forcing creators to put at least 12min videos for max ads revenue, you can’t cover a meaningful amount of topics in an hour. Unless you start speeding them up and constantly clicking to get to the meat of the video. And that’s why the short format is gaining popularity. That it lacks depth? Of course, but if I’m interested in depth, I go search other formats. Most of the info I want to get is “more or less what is happening everywhere”. I don’t have to understand the nuances of political and societal situation in a country on the other side of the world, to want to know that there are riots there rn

The fact that most of people use it for cats and drama? It’s been there since IRC

Apart from the question “why not just OsmAnd?”

Google Maps alternative with every feature I need—but it also protects my privacy while I’m getting around

Proceeds to include Google Store link…

Take this instead

I wonder how/if TikTok will change after such rapid and specific flux in the community

I think the best approach would be to contact Microsoft customer support

Only on desktop an in popular browsers, though. I tried the Greasemonkey version but it didn’t seem to change much

Hm. I’ll have to take a look where to find it in SlimSocial. Thanks :)

Ah, yeah. Messenger got so big that I’ve heard some users don’t even know it’s part of Facebook. They use it as separate app

How are you (plural, I mean other posters too) managing to use Facebook to keep tabs on your friends? It’s so full of “sponsored”, “clips” and “ad” posts that it takes absurd amount of time to get to what people in your friends list posted. And it’s like 1 post from someone I know, 10 irrelevant trash

It does show the events (mainly concerts for me) other people are going to, so that’s why I do open it once in a few months

So basically their software is real open-source now and we can just compile stuff for their devices, without flashing OpenWrt etc? Can those be bought outside of Germany? I’ve never heard of it

I understand that it’s a different model that will not work for everyone. But check out Bandcamp’s payout model. Find new music via internet radio/MusicBrains (I don’t remember RN the name of music exploration based on that)/yt and buy it via the model that is straightforward and at least seems to put the most money in artists’ pockets

Bandcamp also has a “discover” feature where you can set which genres you are interested in. I did find some interesting albums this way too

Don’t get me wrong, I agree that sometimes freedom has to fight for itself

have to defend democracy or it will be eroded

Are we sure this is going to happen? Or it is possible that we got convinced on that by people who don’t care about democracy, only want to be in charge?

Could you elaborate on this angle? I’m not very well versed in the rights of companies operating in the EU, but I’m unsure “freedom of speech” is one of them.

I rather mean “political discourse”

There was Twitter. Apart from advertising, the very good thing it brought was free access to information. But not only getting it, also sharing. So we knew about for example Arab Spring or Umbrella protests and more or less what is going on, before news decided to tell us and how to tell us

Then came Musk, all in white, saying that moderation on Twitter is biased and he’s going to bring it more freedom of speech

Some time passes and let’s say that now EU does ban X. What’s the next logical thing he’ll say?

I think it might be something like “see? EU banned X because they didn’t like the truth. For the truth, come to me”. I’m afraid that banning would rather give him power and echo chamber, rather than fixing what is going on

I’m not against this angle. But IMO evangelization and conversions only really worked when backed by the state

My approach is calmly keep using free platforms, keep degoogling, when sharing information, share the links from those free platforms, so it keeps pinging in general consciousness that these exist. So the next time everyone does suprised pikachu face to what extent our data is used against us, you don’t have to say “see? I told you”. They come to you asking how to do this, what are the limitations and realities of getting free etc

But, of course, as with everything, diversity is a strength. Some of us should fight, some of us stay calm and keep going on
I think