InternetUser

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by InternetUser 1y ago
What was the "Trump exception"? Banning videos that were supportive of him? On a separate note, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall": Remember AOL in the '90s (unless you're under 35)? And how powerful w
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by InternetUser 1y ago
To solve that problem: when you're logged in, go through the suggested-videos margin and right-click on the suggested videos that appear irrelevant or awful to you, and you can click either "Do not recommend channel" or, more
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by InternetUser 1y ago
There are many genres of content where other video platforms--all of them entirely entirely or mostly premium--are bigger than YouTube, for instance, for: - movies (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Paramount+, Disney+, Turner, Criterion) - old as we
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by InternetUser 1y ago
Rick Beato has talked about this problem; in one video, he was even talking about how 5-second snippets of jazz were causing videos to be taken down, but the algorithm didn't even identify the right song. It reminds of how, in using th
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by InternetUser 1y ago
I think a bigger reason is all of those is the brand trust that YouTube has. If I, as an independent director, make a music video, or a 10-minute tutorial video, or a short cinematic film, and want it to be seen by tens of thousands of peop
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by InternetUser 1y ago
What's an example or two of what one of those static Webserver's URLs would look like? I'd like to see one that you believe would get as many random people to click on it as would click on it if were a YouTube link. In my own
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by InternetUser 3y ago
Ok, hit me with the hard way. Home-school my kids and allow no Internet usage?
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by InternetUser 3y ago
You're one of those video game defenders, extolling the interactivity as though it's so sophisticated and intellectually edifying. Video games are mental garbage. I remember kids telling me in elementary school that Nintendo and S
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by InternetUser 3y ago
I'll take your advice and watch 6 hours of TikTok every day for the next 12 months and then confirm to you whether or not you're right about it being scary. Thanks for the suggestion! Looking forward to what I learn.
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by InternetUser 5y ago
The issue of having someone's phone number is completely different these days; in 1985, I couldn't find out your age and your previous addresses and then find dozens or even hundreds of photographs of you alone and/or with yo
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by InternetUser 5y ago
Before the Internet, all you could do with a person's phone number is call them. But now, with PeopleSearchNow.com (the ultimate free source of personal info--feel free to look up your own real phone number in it, assuming you're
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by InternetUser 5y ago
As I've seen on WhatsApp on every smartphone I've had: when you download WhatsApp and tap the "New chat" icon in the upper right corner, the app SHOWS YOU a list of everyone from your phone's contact list who has a
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by InternetUser 5y ago
You're not avoiding having a shadow account created about you though, once I've upload my contact list and you're right there, Jim Wyclif, with your real phone number, and I've also tagged you in a photo we took together
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by InternetUser 6y ago
You're imagining some reality and it's very strange. Take a look here and you won't see any of the delusional things you're describing: https://thedonald.win/
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by InternetUser 6y ago
/r/Politics is centrism? Wow. If that's centrism, that I'll continue working to ensure a #Trump2020Landslide! These arrows will move even further to the right: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/
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by InternetUser 6y ago
Yeah, you're right. HN should allow participation only from people with at least 2 years of education in a Computer Science program.
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by InternetUser 7y ago
"At some point" - This is some remarkable idealism. What is your estimated deadline for that "some point"?
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by InternetUser 7y ago
Regarding the pattern you described: > On July 27, Tulsi Now Inc. filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that the internet technology company suspended the campaign's Google Ads account without reason and that the company had trea
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by InternetUser 7y ago
When do you think everyone will wise up? Like in what year?
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by InternetUser 7y ago
Do you not naturally do the same thing in your own life? If you're hanging out with some friends and want to recommend a certain drink or food, do you say something like "Oh my god, you've gotta try this, it taste so good,&
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by InternetUser 7y ago
> I think it's better (if less lucrative on average) to start your own business that takes a small chunk of business away from the giants, that you have ethical control over. Ok, what's your business? I'll gladly check it
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by InternetUser 7y ago
So who's going to be the politician who can step forward and fight for those ideals without being bought out and thoroughly corrupted along the way? I hereby declare my endorsement for YOU, kaybe, to be that candidate! And with this pu
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by InternetUser 7y ago
> Advertising, soda, highly processed food Did you see this? - > Crossfit, Inc. Suspends Use Of Facebook And Associated Properties - May 23, 2019 https://www.crossfit.com/battles/crossfit-suspends-facebook-...
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by InternetUser 7y ago
Lol, we're already incredibly far down that path. Have you been using the same smartphone since 2008? I ask seriously: how many have you owned since then?
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by InternetUser 7y ago
Well, the Military will soon include the Space Force[0][1], so let's see how the funding of space-related activity goes in the next couple years. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force [1] ht
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by InternetUser 7y ago
MySpace is holding on to users' profiles? When was the last time you went to a Myspace page? There might still be an active page with that user's name, but several years ago, there was a massive MySpace re-design and overhaul that
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by InternetUser 7y ago
It became a massive "scandal" because it was part of the ongoing Facebook-scapegoating campaign that began the day after Trump won the election. There have been like 7 separate episodes in that scapegoating saga over the oas 2 yea
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by InternetUser 7y ago
I think it can be gone quite a lot more simply: Register on each service with a different first and last name and birthdate, linked to a throwaway email address with its own different name and birthdate. Then register on another service wit
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by InternetUser 8y ago
The minds that were behind LiveJournal, Friendster, and MySpace, to name just 3 other social platforms that had monthly active usership in the millions, were not as disgustingly criminal and unethical in nature as the mind of Zuckerberg, so
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by InternetUser 8y ago
You honestly do not consume any news about current world events, whether local, national, or international? Or do you just mean that you continually and deliberately ignore political news? I mean, that's not exactly rare: 100 million e

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