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https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-deliberate-awfulness-of-social-media
Like most things in social media, this seems to work the opposite for me. I've never gotten upset and walked away from social media. But platforms like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn I just find insanely boring and don't draw me in at all. I keep them all for when I need them for something, but I never look at them and feel like "looking at them more."
The same with the ads, I find that none of these manage to show me ads of the slightest interest to me. It's as if their algorithms can't even begin to figure me out and just do totally random things.
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@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-sets-traps-for-drivers-2018-9
Good!
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@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-sets-traps-for-drivers-2018-9
That's a first step, but it's the post office they really need to crack down on. Bunch of incompetent thieves at the USPS. I've had WAY fewer issues with UPS or FedEx.
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@obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-sets-traps-for-drivers-2018-9
Good!
yeah, I'm not seeing an issue here. Seems like a good thing. Less shrinkage means better pricing.
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@rojoloco said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dbeato said in Non-IT News Thread:
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-sets-traps-for-drivers-2018-9
I've had WAY fewer issues with UPS or FedEx.
Yup, same.
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@scottalanmiller crack?
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Protesters attacked in Managua again.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just reading the headline makes me think "Duh, what else would CNN tell you"
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just reading the headline makes me think "Duh, what else would CNN tell you"
Except, that is Scott's made up headline to get you to click it.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/health/screentime-guilt-parenting-strauss/index.html -
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just reading the headline makes me think "Duh, what else would CNN tell you"
Except, that is Scott's made up headline to get you to click it.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/health/screentime-guilt-parenting-strauss/index.htmlHis headline isn't too far off of the original CNN one: "Parents, stop feeling so guilty about TV time".
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@kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just reading the headline makes me think "Duh, what else would CNN tell you"
Except, that is Scott's made up headline to get you to click it.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/health/screentime-guilt-parenting-strauss/index.htmlHis headline isn't too far off of the original CNN one: "Parents, stop feeling so guilty about TV time".
While true, it is not the headline. It is his reinterpretation of it.
That is always what I have issue with.
Post without putting your spin on the item .. You spin can be in follow up text all you want.
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@kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just reading the headline makes me think "Duh, what else would CNN tell you"
Except, that is Scott's made up headline to get you to click it.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/health/screentime-guilt-parenting-strauss/index.htmlHis headline isn't too far off of the original CNN one: "Parents, stop feeling so guilty about TV time".
Right, I didn't mention it was specifically parents, didn't seem necessary, and added that it was CNN's opinion, which theirs didn't have. Mine was LESS click bait that the original.
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@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:
@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Just reading the headline makes me think "Duh, what else would CNN tell you"
Except, that is Scott's made up headline to get you to click it.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/20/health/screentime-guilt-parenting-strauss/index.htmlHis headline isn't too far off of the original CNN one: "Parents, stop feeling so guilty about TV time".
While true, it is not the headline. It is his reinterpretation of it.
That is always what I have issue with.
Post without putting your spin on the item .. You spin can be in follow up text all you want.
But why is it okay to spin later, but not at the time? That doesn't make logical sense. First, I didn't spin it at all, it was simply stating the facts... that CNN was saying this thing. Second, it's conceptually mistaken. There is no logical reason why the only thing any link can be is the title of the article to which it links. No one does that, that's not how the web or links work.
If we were to do that, why have hyperlinking as we do at all, rather than linking our own text to other things? You are missing how the web is designed to be used.
