Part of Google's perceived aura (IMHO) when they started was that they seemed to be like the nebulous group of pre-Web Internet-savvy techies. Which were a smart group, tending towards altruistic and egalitarian, and wanting to bring Internet goodness to people, and onboard people into Internet culture. What seemed like one sign of this was times... See more
the search team wasnât able to finely optimize engagement on Google without âhacking engagement,â a term that means effectively tricking users into spending more time on a site, and that doing so would lead them to âabandon work on efficient journeys.â In one email, Fox adds that there was a âpretty big disconnect between what finance and ads wantâ... See more
I have the secret to how to get the best help immediately from any customer service, like the phone company or the bank or anything. I have the best line, it always works. You want to know what it is? When I call, I say, âHello. I am Hans Rosling and I have made a mistake.â People immediately want to help you when you put it this way. You get much... See more
Practically speaking, this means that if you use an app to anchor some paintings to your wall at home, then go to your office, you wonât see the paintings there. You can persist new paintings on the walls in your office. Then when you return home, the device will automatically reload
Substack co-founder, Hamish McKenzie, implied that his companyâs business model would largely obviate the need for content moderation. âWe give communities on Substack the tools to establish their own norms and set their own terms of engagement rather than have all that handed down to them by a central authority,â he wrote. But even a platform that... See more
Challengers like Metaâs Threads donât seem like drop-in replacements for Twitter â especially since Threads head Adam Mosseri keeps saying his team will not âencourageâ news on the platform. That makes Threads a comparatively tamer experience than the chaos that drove Twitter to its height. âThreads is to Twitter as methadone is to heroin,â says... See more