Daily Archives: 2020-01-15

CollegeHumor shuts down

Source: Hacker News

Article note: They were a (slightly douchey) fixture of a previous generation of internet culture. And it looks like a major part of the kill was the same "Facebook lying about user engagement" thing that took out a whole bunch of formerly prominent web content - I have to wonder how intentional that was, and how much was just layers of lying to look good, because both are entirely plausible.
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What kind of data is my new car collecting?

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Mmmmhm. Systematic coercion without a central actor just by a fucked-up incentive structure.
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