Pinterest and several other tech companies are starting to fight back against misinformation spread by the anti-vaccination movement.
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Tag: Reddit
Study: Banning hate speech from Reddit actually worked
A recent study by several universities shows that Reddit banning the worst of its hate speech subreddits did have a positive effect.
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My social network usage (Spring 2017)
A look at the current state of my social network usage, from Facebook and Twitter to a still-lingering presence on Google+.
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Upvoted: an advertiser-friendly Reddit?
Reddit’s made this news this year for, well, not flattering reasons—for being a site that’s host to some of the worst[…]
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Reddit finally shows some backbone, bans some racist subreddits
Recent events with Reddit have made much of how vocally bigoted some of its subreddits are, and how half-heartedly they’ve handled[…]
Read more Reddit plans to deal with its racist content by… sticking a curtain in front of it?
Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” has been under a lot of fire in recent months. Staff turmoil,[…]
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A look at my social network usage (Summer 2014)
As everyone knows, social media networks dominate online life for most Internet users these days, with Facebook and Twitter the[…]
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10 pieces of tech I no longer use (and what’s replaced them)
For fun, here’s a list of ten pieces of technology that I once used, but are now obsolete for my[…]
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Digg digs its own grave, sold off for parts
Today comes news that once-influential social network Digg is basically being sold off in parts to several entities: the Washington[…]
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