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Why I Would Hire Someone Who Has Failed

18 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

Culture is a funny thing. It drives large groups of people to behave in certain ways, both extrinsic and implicit, and it punishes those who don’t comply. We see this all the time in group psychology as well as anthropology studies, and the nature of...

Twisted Tweets & Bots Unleashed: Malware & Disinformation on X

16 Aug 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Exploring an interesting evolution in the information space. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack This article deals with malware and malicious links. All relevant tweets are screen captures rather than embedded, t...

Social media is good but not optimal for democracy

15 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Jillian C. York explores the dual nature of social media platforms, which have both empowered marginalized communities and enabled the spread of harmful ideologies. Initially celebrated as democratizing tools, these platforms now face criticism...

Unmasking The Bots: How AI is Weaponizing Disinformation for Mass Influence

22 Jul 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

AI-based propaganda is proliferating rapidly. Let's check it out. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack While browsing X / Twitter recently, there were some new followers gained and plenty of low-engagement accounts...

Becoming an Influencer | 4chan greentext

12 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Biz Wisdom

Does anyone on /Biz/ know about how difficult it actually is to make it as an influencer, financially? Like a short-form video content creator on YouTube shorts or Tik Tok. How much money do you make? How difficult is it to build an audience? . I've...

Slowjamastan Responds

3 Jul 2024 17 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:"Psalm 127:1   Denver Williams said something to me recently (within the last year or so) in an attempt to prod me into action, or at least belief.  He told me Kim Deal said that peo...

I'm Pulling Back From Publish0x, And Here's Why

19 Jun 2024 2 minute read 15 comments Allen Taylor

For a couple of years now, I've been singing the praises of Publish0x, which isn't exactly a Web3 social media platform. However, I would call it a crypto-monetized platform, and, until now, I thought it was one of the best. Recent events have caused...

Web3 Social Media: Has It Lived Up To Its Promise As It Has Grown?

29 May 2024 6 minute read 2 comments Allen Taylor

When I first learned about Web3 social media in 2018, the list of platforms was shorter than a No. 2 pencil. Steemit was barely two years old, Hive hadn't forked yet, and Lens Protocol wasn't even a spark in its creator's eye. Today, there are a grow...

Things I Have Noticed On Social Media

26 May 2024 2 minute read 6 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I do not spend much time on social media much anymore. Facebook is maybe once a year, Twitter maybe once or twice a month, Reddit if I am looking for something specific I can't seem to find elsewhere. I don't even have a TikToc or Instagram account. ...

The New Form of Slavery: Psychological Enslavement in the Age of Attention and Wealth

20 May 2024 2 minute read 0 comments MMAPMagazine

In today's society, a new and insidious form of slavery is emerging—one that shackles the mind rather than the body. Unlike the overt physical bondage of the past, this modern-day enslavement is psychological, driven by an insatiable quest for attent...