Daily Archives: 2023-07-01

After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted

Source: Hacker News

Article note: I hadn't even noticed Snap ate gfycat, and now they're being shut down. Not a platform I had any deep engagement with, but it was part of the landscape for a while. Are we experiencing a clean sweep on an era of the Internet in the course of like 2 years?
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Fake reviews are illegal and subject to big fines under new FTC rules

Source: Hacker News

Article note: I don't think it would do much for fake Amazon reviews type problems, but maybe it'll do something about the profusion of itemnamereviews.com type fake websites operated by some shitty manufacturer in whatever space.
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