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Developer dropout is real

Even with the best recommendation algorithm, only a fraction of your feed will be content that you truly enjoy. For example, the average ratio of hearts to views on TikTok is  roughly 5% .  People are just not that predictable. On YouTube, every time you select a video but then decide you don’t want to watch it, it’s an annoyin

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Lovevery supplies different, internal numbers for subscribers: At 12 months, it says it has 79% subscriber revenue retention and 69% subscriber retention.

People also don’t trust the government because of the Patriot Act and other privacy concerns

There is a real tendency in the modern world to count everything but see the significance of nothing. 

I see people weighing their meals and tabulating their calories without a single hint of health and vibrancy in their eyes. I see people fast-walking laps around the park, their eyes on their FitBit number, completely oblivious to the sky and

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We have to learn to enjoy what’s powerful and delightful about online tools, but to resist their casino-like seductions into the here and now. Some of society’s biggest problems, such as global warming, require careful long-term planning; we can’t tackle them if we’re being dragged in 20 directions every hour by shiny objects and oven-fresh hot tak... See more

I think that people come alive when they’re serious about what they love—when they choose to pay careful attention to what feeds and sustains them. I love this one Heather Havrilesky line about how crushes are often just misplaced ambition. Of course crushes are more than that—they’re about nostalgia and magic and futures we’ll never access—but I t... See more

I might define it like this https://t.co/rwbLTZD9JC