2023-08-09
Payout from the revenue sharing program. First reaction: “Wow, that's actually real money.” Second Reaction: “I should be creating more engaging content here.” If you play that second reaction out across the platform, it probably creates the result @elonmusk is looking for. [image]
Mashable
X begins making ad revenue payouts to smaller creators, after releasing payments to thousands of select accounts; how payouts are calculated remains unclear
‘$8 to make $370 is a fantastic ROI for something I do anyway,’ one creator tweeted. … X is finally paying smaller creators …
2022-06-18
@rabois Scary scenario for me would be the ability to make subtle tweaks to the algorithm and effectively control the minds of a lot of people. We already know tech companies are capable of it, but when it's wielded as a weapon in a Hot or Cold War, that's scary.
BuzzFeed News
Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022
For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising that information gathered about users in the United States …
@rabois The fact that the government spends time and taxpayer dollars blocking American tech companies from completing tiny M&A deals but then does nothing about China controlling the data of millions of young Americans is probably one of the most under-reported stories of our time.
BuzzFeed News
Leaked audio from 80+ internal TikTok meetings: ByteDance staff in China repeatedly accessed data about US TikTok users between September 2021 and January 2022
For years, TikTok has responded to data privacy concerns by promising that information gathered about users in the United States …