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clowd commented on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok block democratic hashtags    · Posted by u/arn3n
weberer · 7 months ago
Its very similar to what we've been seeing over the past 8 or so years. The only difference is that the shoe is now on the other foot. I wonder if we're going to see the usual echo chambers (reddit, etc) reverse polarity in the coming year.
clowd · 7 months ago
While we're talking about stuff that didn't happen, I'm sure glad the Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl.
clowd commented on YouTube putting scammy ad about "double your Bitcoin" on Bitcoin University vid   twitter.com/stolsvik/stat... · Posted by u/stolsvik
clowd · 2 years ago
They're putting these crappy ads e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e.

The quality of ads on YouTube has fallen to somewhere beneath the sewer, just as YouTube has launched a scorched-earth campaign against adblockers. Scams, celebrity impersonation, AI-generated nonsense, AI-generated nonsense promoting AI nonsense generators. YouTube's ad inventory is a vast wasteland of festering, unmoderated dreck.

clowd commented on X sues Media Matters to silence moderation criticism   theverge.com/2023/11/20/2... · Posted by u/cdme
next_xibalba · 2 years ago
This headline is extremely biased.
clowd · 2 years ago
...towards reality. The "free speech absolutist" guy got his little feelings hurt again.
clowd commented on I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times   lydiaoncybersecurity.com/... · Posted by u/lstepanek
clowd · 2 years ago
> “If you want to build something people will use, don’t build anything,” he said. “Build an ad and see if people click it. Then only build something once it gets a lot of clicks.”

Well no wonder your Google ads keep getting banned.

clowd commented on Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads [pdf]   cdn.sanity.io/files/ifn0l... · Posted by u/agnosticmantis
paul7986 · 2 years ago
Musk is such an idiot ... i was excited for him to buy Twitter and hopefully provide more of a balance of opinions but its all about him. He's like Trump .. a narcissitic ego maniac and suing FB for launching a Twitter competitor is more proof that he's just like Trump ... a whiney ego maniac sue happy multi-billionaire.
clowd · 2 years ago
There's no indication that Trump is a multi-billionaire but the rest of your comment is spot on.
clowd commented on Reddit banned Reddiw's (alternative API) subreddit and author's Reddit account   api.reddiw.com/... · Posted by u/davikr
genocidicbunny · 2 years ago
> "for breaking reddit."

That seems like an awfully personal permaban reason.

clowd · 2 years ago
And not a true one, either.

I don't know what the hell Reddit is doing the past couple of weeks but they seem determined to completely destroy themselves, and quickly.

clowd commented on FBI Whistleblower Testifies about Retaliation   twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/... · Posted by u/tomohawk
clowd · 2 years ago
O'Boyle isn't a whistleblower; he's an insubordinate employee who refused to do his job and was improperly distributing information about investigations.
clowd commented on Reddit's proposed API changes and the continued existence of RedReader   old.reddit.com/r/RedReade... · Posted by u/gibspaulding
snwfog · 2 years ago
For those looking for alternative, try https://rdddeck.com - works well on mobile and desktop.
clowd · 2 years ago
Will this not be subject to the same limitations reddit is imposing on RedReader and others? I guess I don't know enough about how they distinguish a "third-party app" versus a website hooking into their API.
clowd commented on Tell HN: Cloudflare verification is breaking the internet    · Posted by u/statquontrarian
hammyhavoc · 2 years ago
The end user chose to use Firefox. The service provider is free to do as they please, it's their infrastructure and your access to it is at their discretion.

Don't like it? Use Privacy Pass or pick another set of compromises.

With that said, when I was still willing to subject myself to Mozilla in any form, I never found CloudFlare to be a problem, and I've used it since it launched. If people use Firefox, they're probably a privacy wonk LARPing an imagined threat model, and are using a shitty cheap VPN used by countless attackers, it's unlikely to be the browser itself unless they're doing something weird with extensions.

clowd · 2 years ago
> If people use Firefox, they're probably a privacy wonk LARPing an imagined threat model, and are using a shitty cheap VPN used by countless attackers

What kind of nonsense is this? Firefox is a mainstream browser used by millions of people every day. Maybe you're confusing it with Tor?

clowd commented on Tell HN: Cloudflare verification is breaking the internet    · Posted by u/statquontrarian
hammyhavoc · 2 years ago
You can't have it both ways.

People use CloudFlare to solve a multitude of problems, some of which include automated attacks by bots, which would make the website unavailable in the first place.

If you're going to use a non-mainstream browser then you're going to compromise in some way. If people are going to defend their website against attackers then there's compromise.

CloudFlare isn't the problem, it's a symptom of other problems left unsolved. Is it a compromise? Yup. What's the alternative? Not using it and thus having constant downtime?

clowd · 2 years ago
If Cloudflare has decided that Firefox is a "non-mainstream browser" and is applying a penalty to its users, then Cloudflare is the problem.

u/clowd

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