Connection Cafe

JUNE 5, 2017

In many cases, obtrusive research designs influence the behavior we seek to understand. We also developed ways to study subject unobtrusively, so that our research design would not influence the outcomes. For example, they know they are taking a survey or they know you are checking the engagement stats on your Facebook page.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The design patterns of Threes tapped into, and likely influenced, a burgeoning genre of “hyper casual games” — a term that did not exist at the time. Since he isn’t well known, we’ve decided to withhold his name; he did not reply to The Verge ’s requests for comment.). Unless you count their influence on 2048.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 15, 2015

What actually works in terms of influencing public policy? We asked these decision-makers firsthand: what catches your attention and influences your thinking on an issue? Reddit, Instagram, and Snapchat may someday have their day in the sun, but as far as Congress is concerned, Facebook is king and Twitter is the crown prince.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We dont have digital data for a lot of human intelligence, because people werent valuing the people who produce those books, or the people who produce that artit didnt get digitized, didnt get celebrated, didnt receive comments on Reddit or Facebook. AI does a really poor job, of course, of enabling these things.

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2021

However, a new data investigation by The Verge finds that the powerful podcaster’s influence has waned since he went behind Spotify’s wall. Spotify declined to comment on this report or offer any sort of numbers around Rogan’s performance. Rogan’s team did not respond to a request for comment. Maybe it’s a me problem?”.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Be a curator Make a Twitter list (hidden or not) of influencers like bloggers, journalists, news sites, and partner organizations who may share information that’s useful to your audience. Post fill-in-the-blanks and ask users to respond with their answer in the comments. Fill in the _. Follow up the next day with the answer.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

To attract and hold by influence or power. Facebook groups and websites such as Quora, Buzzsumo and Reddit can provide some good content ideas around any topic. Use social widgets to allow easy interactions such as like, share, comment, etc. This can be as simple as engaging in a discussion by replying or commenting.

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Whole Whale

MAY 1, 2024

Be a curator Make a Twitter list (hidden or not) of influencers like bloggers, journalists, news sites, and partner organizations who may share information that’s useful to your audience. Post fill-in-the-blanks and ask users to respond with their answer in the comments. Fill in the _. Follow up the next day with the answer.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

OnlyFans allows social media influencers, including sex workers and adult content creators, to sell photos and videos to their audience through a subscription model. Google removed an OnlyFans scraping Chrome extension when approached for comment by Motherboard. Image: Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

Not only that, it seems to have been essentially conjured up out of nowhere, before being picked up by a stream of headlines on Google News, viral Reddit threads , and would-be LinkedIn influencers dissecting it as if it were fact. But that figure is untrue. Screenshot: via Google] Where did the 14,000 figure come from?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

I think the reason that these models behave this way is that it’s essentially the behavior of your typical Reddit commenter, right? It’s not an intentional choice, says Quinten Farmer, the co-founder of engineering studio Portola, who makes Tolan , a cute artificial intelligence alien designed to talk to you like a human.

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The Verge

AUGUST 1, 2021

It’s Reddit meets Twitter, but instead of Twitter trolls and Reddit downvoters who swarm you, you’ve just got high-quality or relatively high-quality discourse,” says Wong, who spends one to two hours on Polemix every day. Wong describes themself as “a hardcore progressive.”

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The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

It more or less goes on like this for the rest of the top 20: lots of viral questions stolen from Reddit, Quora, Twitter or other sites, rewarded with huge engagement on Facebook. Ever since Facebook’s report came out, commentators have noted the large number of spam networks present in the list of most viewed links.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Q influencers will use the fact of their participation in the documentary to sap more people for donations and build a more loyal audience at a time when many are struggling to contain this anti-Semitic and racist networked conspiracy.”. HBO declined to comment. It’s not like we are 5 years from the insurrection.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

Among those comments: “defamation lawsuits should be easier to pursue.”) She later returned, only for the company to say she would step aside later this year after her comments about the media on Instagram.). The employees made their comments at a time of increasing activism inside workplaces. Bobby Allyn / NPR). Talk to us.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It bubbled to the top of the feeds, and inspired many anguished comments. The unusual move has prompted new scrutiny of political influence at the department. Send us tips, comments, questions, and the most controversial post inside Facebook right now: casey@theverge.com and zoe@theverge.com. Between March 1 and Aug. Talk to us.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

But Facebook has always said that the service works so well because you can trust that the person you’re talking to is actually your friend or family member, and not someone who is faking their identity to influence you toward some malign purpose. Reddit named Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel to its board of directors. Talk to us.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

The other fear is that China will influence ByteDance, either directly indirectly, to push a worldview that embraces censorship and political oppression on America and the world at large. I think Reddit is the strongest argument against decentralization solving it all. But political pressure can’t be fixed with security audits.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

A company that has done this with some success is Reddit, which sets a “floor” of speech rules (no spam!) Six years ago, for example, Reddit’s laissez-faire attitude toward moderation led a lot of people to post stolen nude photos on the site without the subjects’ consent. Reddit issued such a statement last week.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

But it will give reviewers insight into the signals the app takes into account when choosing which videos to promote — a move that, the company hopes, will dispel fears that it will be used to push propaganda or influence campaigns at the direction of the Chinese Communist Party. Black Reddit moderators say hate speech and abuse are the norm.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Last month it hired the prominent executive Kevin Mayer away from Disney to be TikTok’s CEO, giving ByteDance a face of the American business establishment to go before Congress and ask questions about how the Communist Party of China might plan to use TikTok as part of an influence campaign. Talk to us.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

We have seen Reddit ignore its most racist forums until they spun out into thriving standalone communities. Notably, Reddit banned QAnon forums starting in 2018 — long before it even banned hate speech — after the forums were found to be inciting violence. But in 2020 we know what happens when you let a movement fester. Talk to us.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

If you've got suggestions or topics you'd like covered on the show, be sure to email us or drop a note in the comments! And maybe you saw, you know, social media influencers live streamed it perhaps. Alexa+ seems useful, but can we trust it? Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

But the TikTok challenge promises to be much harder — the company will have to somehow recreate ByteDance’s powerful algorithmic feed , design a steady stream of new features and experiences to keep influencers engaged, and fend off fierce competition from Facebook, Snapchat, and a host of TikTok clones along the way. Governing. ? Talk to us.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

Reddit moderators say the company finally appears to be listening to their calls for help fighting hate and harassment on the platform. In some houses, each influencer has their own separate management team and sometimes different agents. Annie Gilbertson / The Markup ). Disparate management and representation is also an issue.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 12, 2025

The crowd is simultaneously eclectic yet specific: millennials and Gen Zers who resonate with niche stylistic pockets of internet culture ( insert word here -core ), follow influencers closely, and appreciate vintage pieces and full outfit styling. My mom sometimes gives me items of hers to sell; in those cases, Poshmark is my go-to.)

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The app, which like Clubhouse is available only in private beta and requires an invitation to use, resembles a hybrid of Twitter and Reddit. And as on Reddit, every post must be created within a group, which Telepath calls a “network.”. Russian trolls are amplifying Trump’s tweets to influence the 2020 US election. Talk to us.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

The new feature organizes all of the retweets with comments into a handy list. People who’ve lost family members to the QAnon conspiracy theory are turning to Reddit to commiserate with other survivors. YouTube creator James Charles is teaching wannabe influencers how to film believable apology videos — a staple of YouTube culture.

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