2020-07-24
Content moderators in the US won a $52M settlement. But their counterparts based in India and Philippines, doing the exact same job - were left out in the cold. Important reporting from @telliotter and @TekendraParmar: https://restofworld.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Rest of World
After content moderators in India and the Philippines missed out on Facebook's $52M settlement, several share stories of psychological consequences
Rest of World : Tweets: @avtarramsingh , @telliotter , and @anupkaphle Tweets: Avtar / @avtarramsingh : Content moderators in the US won a $52M settlement. But their counterparts ...
2020-07-08
Some use cases for pinned comments: • Identify and reward advocates (brands) • Pin a strong counter argument (news) • Additional details on price, shipping, product (e-commerce) • Better version of the joke (memes) • Product testimonial (e-commerce) https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Instagram will start letting users pin up to three comments on their posts, after testing the feature in May
Nick Statt / The Verge :
Won't be surprised if Twitter's “subscription service” is a Substack competitor. Creators to get a separate “articles” section within Twitter, followers pay a monthly fee to access articles. As long as e-mail remains an option, I can see it working. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
A job listing suggests Twitter is working on a new “subscription platform” under a team codenamed “Gryphon”, although most details remain unclear
A mysterious new Twitter subscription team, codenamed ‘Gryphon’ — Twitter appears to be working on a subscription platform for its social networking service.
2020-06-22
Apart from the top concerns listed here from @ETtech, there's also going to be the societal stigma from “taking investment from someone we're at war with”. This conflict is going to be good for no one. Story from @Aditis90: https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.c om/ ... https://twitter.com/...
The Economic Times
Border tensions with China could have a negative impact on startup fundraising in India; Indian startups raised ~$4B from Chinese investors in 2019
The Economic Times :
2020-06-16
Cameo is one of those business models you look at and go, “How did someone not think of this earlier?” https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Cameo launches Cameo Live, where people can, instead of a prerecorded shoutout, book a 10-minute Zoom call with celebrities
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
2020-06-15
This would have some pretty terrible implications. • “Blogs” will report on the news - catastrophe. • Pages that aren't registered news outlets will pop up and distribute news anyway - bigger catastrophe. Most get news from social, they'll find ways. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
The Guardian
In response to Australian regulator, Facebook says it will not pay for shared news links and that not having them at all would not significantly impact business
Social media giant rejects ACCC proposal, saying it could cut out news completely without any significant impact on its business
2020-06-04
Bad take. Early employees have access to an “unguarded” leadership that doesn't talk like every word is going to be reported by the media, and early employees are far more aware of what a CEO / founding team truly thinks / believes in and is looking to build for. https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Over 30 early Facebook employees, including its first comms chief, write an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg opposing his choice to leave Trump's posts unaltered
In an open letter, nearly three dozen called on the chief executive to take action on President Trump's messages.