Notices by Ethan :verified_flashing: (ethanjstark@hachyderm.io)

@futurebird

It's definitely not just you, researchers have documented the quality of Google Search declining:

https://www.404media.co/google-search-really-has-gotten-worse-researchers-find/

(highly recommend the amazing team of indie tech journalists at @404mediaco )

What your seeking does sound like the right direction . . . though I'm not totally clear on how we get there. @pluralistic has spelled out a number of ideas for a better web.

Personally, adding `site:reddit.com` to my google searching often helps.

#Enshittification

🤩 Fucking SUPERGROUP of a podcast episode: @pluralistic and @brianmerchant on the latest Better Offline.

💪 Feeling powerless to enact change against oligarchs + huge corps? I learned the empowering tale of how Ida Tarbell's writing contributed to bringing down Standard Oil, and how that applies to today.

🔩 Frankenstein was a novel celebrating the Luddite cause!

And so much more . . .

https://linktr.ee/betteroffline

#Enshittification #Luddites #BigTech #Google #Apple #Meta #Facebook

Irony is dead, y'all.
💀

> Trump slams Biden's 'terrible' Oval Office address on abrupt exit from 2024 race: 'It was a coup'

> Morning Glory: The cover-up, the coup, and Kamala

#Biden #Harris #Trump #USPol #FoxNews

🧵 1/3

Hacking the fascists: a story in three parts:

1. @jeffowski wonders aloud about a hack

https://mastodon.world/@jeffowski/112736520144206493

*Note, correlation != causation

#Project2025 #Hacktavist #HeritageFoundation

@atoponce

Aha! But ChatGPT is playing 4D chess, you see.

Because in Semantic Versioning, 9.11 IS bigger than 9.9

:blobfoxsmug:

NEVER FORGET

@thomasfuchs

That tracks;

If you're going to wholly reject "The Woke Agenda",

it stands to reason that you would instead "Stay asleep".

@georgetakei

Meanwhile, Facebook Marketplace's algorithm, despite having a decade's-worth of data on me, my interests, and interactions . . .

1. 🚫 I am not shopping for another car.
2. 🚫 Almost! I am interested in musical instruments . . . but this one is six hours from where I live.
3. 🚫 I also do not plan on dying.

@thomasfuchs

"Put a ✨ on it" is the "Put a bird on it" for the C-suite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNpIOlDhigw

EDIT: original post was suggesting that @pluralistic use "unlisted", but it looks like that's only helpful for folk on your instance! More deets here https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/16/how-to-make-the-least-worst-mastodon-threads/

@feditips I wonder if that impacts your article here?

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/111540429454484768

@cstross Agreed. On the #nyt homepage today:

#notTheOnion

@inthehands @arensb

These are great points, Paul + Paul's mom.

The always delightful #SomeMoreNews crew did a hilarious and insightful bit about how, for decades, our movie villains have literally been Donald #Trump . Your post reminded me of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7XXs3hzAMs

@thomasfuchs

Here's 38 straight minutes of CEO Linda #Yaccarino squirming, explaining how 2 + 2 = 5, and ad and user numbers are just great, thank you very much, and feeling uncomfortable about the surprise guest right before her, Yoel Roth, former Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter.

https://youtu.be/hYymRU-bfpQ?si=o5wWL_6nscugUFrM

#twitter #x #musk

@dangillmor Gross. Thanks for sharing.

For any who may have missed it, here was Mozilla's report on data privacy for a number of automakers. They all fail.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

#cars #privacy

This is a fantastic news report, thank you, @stavvers

🚨🚨🚨
I'm sure some of you already know the tale of the 9-year-old running a NeoPets crime ring, but if you don't, please enjoy:

https://imgur.com/a/Cboev6V

#neopets

@thomasfuchs TRUTH!

Reminds me of @hbuchel 's excellent essay "Just normal web things."

🌟Let me copy text so I can paste it.
🌟If something navigates like a link, let me do link things.
🌟Let me zoom in on my browser without the website getting all out of whack.
🌟Let me have hover styles.
🌟If the UI completely changes when I click on something, as if I've navigated to a new page, give me a browser history update and a new url.
🌟Let me see scroll bars.

https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/07/just-normal-web-things/

#webdev