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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://history.lol/users/WhiskeySailor/statuses/113663848406634714">Mr. Softie :zc: (whiskeysailor@history.lol)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 05:11:40 JST</a><a href="https://history.lol/@WhiskeySailor" title="whiskeysailor@history.lol"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/148531-48-20250102171654.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Mr. Softie :zc:" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Mr. Softie :zc:</a></section><article><p>Just reading Ed Zitron about technology radicalizing him (because of how shitty it is all the time in so many ways) and this stuck out to me</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4198489#notice-8205714">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-12-17T05:11:40+09:00" title="Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 05:11:40 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://history.lol/@WhiskeySailor/113663848406634714" rel="external" title="Sent from history.lol via ActivityPub">history.lol</a></span></span><a href="https://history.lol/@WhiskeySailor/113663848406634714">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3713322">And when I say that, I’m really talking about CNN.com, a website that had 594 million visitors in October 2024. At the bottom is the “Paid Partner Content” section, including things from publications ‘like “FinanceBuzz” that tell you about the “9 Dumbest Things Smart People Waste Money On.” FinanceBuzz immediately asks for you to turn your notifications on — you know, so it can ping you when it has new articles — and each bullet point leads to one of its affiliate marketing arms trying to sell you car insurance and credit cards. You’re offered the chance to share your email address to receive “vetted side hustles and proven ways to earn extra cash sent to your inbox,” which I assume includes things like advertorial content telling you that yes, you could make money playing online bingo (such as “Bingo Cash”) against other people.</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/historylol/media_attachments/files/113/663/846/146/644/200/original/8a92007d17bca934.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/historylol/media_attachments/files/113/663/846/146/644/200/original/8a92007d17bca934.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3713323">Papaya Games, developer of Bingo Cash, was sued in March by rival gaming company Skillz for using bots in allegedly skill-based games that are supposed to be between humans, and the Michigan Gaming Control Board issued a cease-and-desist order against the company for violating multiple gaming laws, including the Lawful Internet Gaming Act. To quote the lawsuit, “Papaya’s games are not skill-based and users are often not playing against live, actual opponents but against Papaya’s own bots that direct and rig the game so that Papaya itself wins its users’ money while leading them to believe that they lost to a live human opponent.”</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/historylol/media_attachments/files/113/663/847/871/084/355/original/b7cf00706761af18.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/historylol/media_attachments/files/113/663/847/871/084/355/original/b7cf00706761af18.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Mr. Softie :zc: (whiskeysailor@history.lol)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Dec-2024 05:11:40 JST Mr. Softie :zc:
Just reading Ed Zitron about technology radicalizing him (because of how shitty it is all the time in so many ways) and this stuck out to me
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1. And when I say that, I’m really talking about CNN.com, a website that had 594 million visitors in October 2024. At the bottom is the “Paid Partner Content” section, including things from publications ‘like “FinanceBuzz” that tell you about the “9 Dumbest Things Smart People Waste Money On.” FinanceBuzz immediately asks for you to turn your notifications on — you know, so it can ping you when it has new articles — and each bullet point leads to one of its affiliate marketing arms trying to sell you car insurance and credit cards. You’re offered the chance to share your email address to receive “vetted side hustles and proven ways to earn extra cash sent to your inbox,” which I assume includes things like advertorial content telling you that yes, you could make money playing online bingo (such as “Bingo Cash”) against other people.
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2. Papaya Games, developer of Bingo Cash, was sued in March by rival gaming company Skillz for using bots in allegedly skill-based games that are supposed to be between humans, and the Michigan Gaming Control Board issued a cease-and-desist order against the company for violating multiple gaming laws, including the Lawful Internet Gaming Act. To quote the lawsuit, “Papaya’s games are not skill-based and users are often not playing against live, actual opponents but against Papaya’s own bots that direct and rig the game so that Papaya itself wins its users’ money while leading them to believe that they lost to a live human opponent.”
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