But what we find is that it’s not just that this content spreads; it also shapes the network structures that are formed. So there’s feedback between the effective emotional action of choosing to retweet something and the network structure that emerges. And then in turn, you have a network structure that feeds back what content you see, resulting in a toxic network. The definition of an online social network is that you have this kind of posting, reposting, and following dynamics. It’s quite fundamental to it. That alone seems to be enough to drive these negative outcomes.

Trying to grasp it in my own words;

Because social networks are about interactions and networks (follows, communities, topics, instances), they inherently human nature establish toxic networks.

Even when not showing content through engagement-based hot or active metrics, interactions will push towards networking effects of central players/influencers and filter and trigger bubbles.

If there were no voting, no followable accounts or communities, it would not be a social network anymore (by their definition).

The linked article also includes an interview. At least in this case, it’s not only a rephrasing of the paper or paper abstract.

(Just pointing it out here so people don’t skip the article while thinking there’s nothing else there.)

Did you read the article? Their findings were that not using such algorithms did not have the expected effect. That social networks themselves, by their nature, lead to similar network, filter, and trigger effects. Chronological order made it worse, not better, apparently.

The engagement driven algorithms making it worse seems intuitive. So I’m surprised and skeptical too. I haven’t read their paper, only the article/interview.

no AI

/edit: There’s a setting under General -> Tabs for the tab group naming suggestions.

The article only talked about about:config.

When they make up a significant amount of energy usage, the demands for amount and infrastructure like production and transfer increase.

They’re not a consumer like the others in that their impact is much higher than what they pay for in terms of paying consumed power.

The article mentions data centers containing as much power as entire cities.

Can you not see how tech company driven ai search responses can influence broader culture and society? It’s not only about web search.

They also broadened from web search to other instances of full on convenience being detrimental to culture.

Yes, and it has been for many many years. In 2011 Adblock Plus deemed some ads acceptable, no longer blocking them categorically. Following that controversity, uBlock Origin became the popular standard.

Honestly, given that Adblock Plus has always had an “acceptable ads” system - I guess they simply decided now YouTube ads are acceptable. Not really surprising then.

Extending and managing extension APIs and extensions also comes at a cost. I certainly wouldn’t be against that - but I’m not familiar with the technical details or cost of the features involved.

no paywall https://archive.md/1lSRA

I got a captcha on the archive, but was able to read the original just fine. I guess archives are not necessarily lower barrier.

“I wish that was treated as a teachable moment, not a law enforcement moment,” said Patterson.

Seems like the Gaggle CEO has a good view. They’re still an enabler in these situations. Be it poor guidance or training. With the impact they have, taking responsibility would be tracking and ceasing contracts that do not follow this soft response approach.

No, I haven’t used tab groups. At least not beyond an initial peek when they were introduced. They’re no replacement or useful addition to my vertical hierarchical tabs (Tree Style Tab extension).

I haven’t used it and it is enabled in about:config for me.

In about:config. Not very obvious or user-friendly tbh.

How do you make browsling a good experience, other than performance?

I like the webpage translation it offers. I’d hate to lose it. Sync and tab sending is also very important to me, between desktop, mobile phone, and tablet.

I’m sure debloating would inevitably mean losing features that are required to catch the average internet user.

Smells like an opportunity to cause Apple brand damage.

What is engraved on it? What is he saying?

What do you mean by “don’t work well for long”?

I’ve been using my Sony Xperia phones for many years, without significant issues.

Wikipedia for context

How does data show better experiences?

“streamline” and “objective skill assessment”

What the heck. Use ai for application filtering and scheduling if it works well. But I can only see it being awful at voice interviews and assessment. At least in my job field.