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Separate, but forever plugged in

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 14 Jul 16
🕹 Technology Social media Mental health Big Data Wearable Technology Online Dating
  1. Technology has disrupted the truth by prioritizing clicks over accuracy, causing misinformation to spread rapidly.
  2. Apps on our phones may not change our lives dramatically, but they can contribute positively to our mental health.
  3. Big data meeting the porn industry can lead to subtle shaping of views on sexuality by companies targeting advertisements.

Sick moves brah

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 26 May 16
🕹 Technology AI Online Dating Privacy Digital Advertising Social media
  1. Does Siri believe in God? AI advances could lead to software grappling with faith in the future, raising intriguing questions.
  2. Modern daters on Tinder aren't just looking for hook-ups. Sociologist Jessica Carbino found that 80% of users seek long-term relationships.
  3. The Internet's perception of you may be quite different from how you see yourself. Data collected online can create an eerie portrait that doesn't always match reality.

Pretty weird, damn!

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 02 Feb 16
🕹 Technology Online Dating Algorithm Internet Art Social media
  1. Beware of fake profiles in online dating sites, the use of fake bots is widespread and many people have fallen victim to them.
  2. Wikipedia can be a predictor of the presidential race and wikipedians have a significant influence on public opinion.
  3. Algorithms are both simpler and more complex than they seem, reading up on them could be beneficial.
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Just say no

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 05 Oct 15
🕹 Technology Social media eBooks Online Dating Internet culture Technology Trends
  1. Online romance scams often follow a specific five-step pattern, sometimes leading victims to become money launderers.
  2. Despite predictions of their demise, print books remain popular due to their beauty and possibly poor e-reader design.
  3. Online dating may not be as effective as we think. The main difference between dating apps might just be their marketing teams.

Y'all can keep your keyboard cats

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 08 Sep 15
🕹 Technology Social media Online Dating Advertising
  1. There's been a long battle on Wikipedia to properly represent the history of Labor Day, with volunteers working for free for over a decade.
  2. Modern dating can now involve trying to pick up people in your Uber carpool, making creepy encounters more common.
  3. The rise of 'sponsored social' is turning everyone's Facebook posts into advertisements.

It's Ban Ki-Moon and Britney, bitch

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 23 Mar 15
🎭️ Culture Internet Online Dating Social media
  1. Internetting like it's 1998 was nostalgic for some but not quite as exciting for others with modern technology.
  2. Online dating in 1982 involved filling out a questionnaire by mail, showing how far dating has come since then.
  3. Looking at Gamergate as a form of anti-colonial backlash provides a different perspective on broader cultural issues.

Is this how you do the ... Tweet?

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 13 Feb 15
🕹 Technology Online Dating Artificial Intelligence Social media Digital Culture Future Technology
  1. Computers may change us rather than just making us better at human tasks like traditional tools do.
  2. Operation Match, a 50-year-old 'app,' had similarities to modern online dating platforms like Tinder.
  3. A bot named Tinderbox takes Tinder to the next level by treating people as data entries within the app.

Slow your roll, naysayers

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 13 Nov 14
🕹 Technology Internet Social media Media Online Dating Space Exploration
  1. Social networks struggle to shut down online abusers like Mateus Prado Sousa, despite evidence of their harm.
  2. Modern media focuses on diving deep with newsletters, podcasts, and explainers rather than traditional journalism.
  3. Online dating now starts offline, changing the approach to connecting with potential partners outside real-life social circles.

A smaller, cuddlier Internet

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 28 Oct 14
🕹 Technology Social media Smartphones Online Dating Internet culture Online Communities
  1. Nostalgia for a simpler, cozier Internet on platforms like Ello reflects a desire to reclaim past online experiences.
  2. Smartphone addiction isn't officially classified in the psychiatric field, even if phone use can be disruptive.
  3. Insight into the inner workings of Tinder reveals it may have more nerds and money than actual hook-ups happening.