Digital Drama: When a ‘Like’ Is More Than Just a ‘Like’
By Rachel Fogletto Whenever drama pops up online, you can never hear enough times, “It’s ONLY the internet!” This is a toxic attitude and it has to stop before we bury each other in existential graveyards of screenshots, emoji flirts, gif battles and read message receipts. Humans are adaptable and
Facebook Has Become Garbage. Where Do We Go Now?
This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column for the SF Examiner (The short version: You can circumvent all the algorithms for my stuff right here.) Facebook announced earlier this year that it’s completely changing its algorithm — a move that will reduce the amount of actual news provided in
A Rad New Way to See “My Stuff”
Since the FB algorithm has made it so hard for you folks to see all the great stuff we’re creating for you, I’ve set up an RSS feed. That way you can get a once daily digest of whatever new content is published on the site. Check it out right here.
Zuck’s Testimony and Facebook’s Recent Actions Don’t Show a Company that’s Serious about User Privacy
Our new Tech Column was made possible by the fine folks at Mozilla Firefox. The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet must always remain a global public resource that is open and accessible to all. And that’s why we love Firefox. By Amul Kalia Guys, Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in
Bombs, Zuckerberg and FBI raids, oh my. News for the week of April 12, 2018
This is your brain – this is your brain on news. Oh hell, you’ve already killed enough brain cells, so let’s get started. To bomb or not to bomb, that is the question We could bomb Syria any minute, or not. President Trump had a visceral Twitter reaction to the
What The Fresh Hell Is This Facebook Face Recognition?
Facebook showed you a vaguebooking post this week entitled “Introducing Face Recognition for More Features.” Facebook, which these days is 90% wannabe viral videos that you can’t scroll past fast enough, announced in a post that showed up once (and only once!) on your timeline earlier this week that “We’re
7 THINGS ASSHOLES DO WITH THEIR PHONES
The human race really took the cake this week. I’m scrolling along on facebook. Pass a post by Ricky Gervais. It’s a group of people passing a damn dolphin around taking selfies with it. Being a human, I have my faults too. I drink straight from the milk carton. I’ve