LinkedIn at least shows up prominently in Google search results, not sure about IG. And Google still has some majored walled gardens of its own like Docs, Gmail, and YouTube.
Google picks up some LinkedIn content, but I would venture it’s a very small slice of what is out there. Just doing a google search for several posts I see on my feed, and very few if any shows up. Same for IG (which makes sense as a lot of profiles are private)
If IBM’s original product was “designed to facilitate the Holocaust”, then every article about IBM darn better lead with that.
In case of Facebook, it was originally designed literally to compare the attractiveness of female students; but no, it’s not even remotely as bad, and comparing it to the Holocaust trivializes an incident where masses of people were murdered in an industrial fashion.
Face mash was far from Facebook’s “initial product.” It was made before Facebook was even a thing (company or app). The purpose of each application, Face Mash and Facebook, was different and the only reason people call it a “precursor” is because it was made by Zuckerberg before he made Facebook.
Is this "every article" about Facebook/Meta or is it just one. The questionm is whether the statement makes sense to use in this article.
Possibly the point the author is making is that Zuckerberg never had an original idea or one that could be the subject of a business plan. He copied the "Hot or Not" websites that had come before. Further, the photos of students used for his "Facemash" website, i.e., the "content", were downloaded from the university's computers, not uploaded to Zuckerberg's computer. Initially, he downloaded and used students' photos without permission.
This pattern continued when he copied the idea of an online "face book" for the university which the university was already working on; adopting the name "thefacebook.com".
From the document production in Kadrey v Meta, it appears the pattern of copying still continues. Meta is still downloading and using others' work. Initially, without permission.
Comparing copyright infringment to assisting genocide is absurd. Although Meta may have assisted in ethnic cleansing
there is no reference to it in the article. Perhaps because, unlike the story of "Facemash", it bears no relation to the subject matter: copyright infringment.
We did block each other mutually, but the world is a small place, and the algorithm works to ensure that the world is a small place, as you're usually only one or two degrees of separation away.
I know it’s the wrong way to think but things like this make me glad about a digital footprint… good chance I’m liking a TikTok comment or reading an HN thread at the same time as any crime, just statistically.
that's not going to get you off the hook. anything that could be faked via account sharing is going to be discarded (not to mention that tiktok and similar platforms will not collaborate with you to build an alibi by giving access to this data, only the police to build a case)
It’s not why they use TikTok but it’s why they don’t use other social media apps. Once an app becomes too popular with older people the quality and vibes decrease, plus everyone feels awkward about posting.
It’s something I’ve been thinking about outside of generational gaps, new social media apps are fun because you add all the people you’re comfortable with. After some years you now have a ton of connections from past stages of life, and start feeling restricted again in your personal expression.
Plus there’s the dual use issue – IG is too commonly shared now so I have current and former coworkers there plus everyone I’ve ever been interested in as friends or more at a party. So it’s not the place I’d want to feel free and creative.
IG tries to solve some of this with Close Friends and other lists but people don’t really want to spend their time constantly organizing a list of friends.
> IG tries to solve some of this with Close Friends and other lists but people don’t really want to spend their time constantly organizing a list of friends.
Agreed. IG's UI for this is horrible.
I really liked Google+'s "Circles" feature back in the day that let you drag and drop people into different groups really easily and 'assign' posts/content to those circles.
Exactly, Instagram started as a way for me to interact with my social circle. Show people I personally know what is going on in my life and see what is going on in their life. Instagram later on has slowly tried evolving into something else, but mentally I still view it as a place to share with people in my life. On the other hand, Tiktok is a both a global community and a small niche of people who share the same interests as you where you can make memes, enjoy the same content together, converse and witness trends and ideas in real time
> It’s not why they use TikTok but it’s why they don’t use other social media apps. Once an app becomes too popular with older people the quality and vibes decrease, plus everyone feels awkward about posting.
What is the point about the "best algo in town" if the universally popular app can not curate each person's feed differently?
Maybe it is because old people can comment on young people's posts and vice versa?
Anecdotal but I went to a fancy NYC private school (on financial aid) and what I heard was the teachers actually got paid less than public school teachers + lacked the union protections and whatnot. But it was worth it for the nicer environment and dealing with motivated students with parental pressure behind them.
Although you could make money in extra ways by networking with students for $300/hr SAT tutoring and such.
That was true, I believe though that they also didn’t have to do as much certification, but were also often better pedigreed (e.g. the math teacher may not have done a teacher prep program or been certified, but held a masters degree in math from a prestigious university)
