Jankat
@jankat.bsky.social
I do web development in exchange of money
"...social media is less like a neutral reflection of society and more like a funhouse mirror. It amplifies the loudest and most extreme voices while muting the moderate, the nuanced and the boringly reasonable. (...) Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets."
Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"...social media is less like a neutral reflection of society and more like a funhouse mirror. It amplifies the loudest and most extreme voices while muting the moderate, the nuanced and the boringly reasonable. (...) Just 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets."
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If you stop thinking that Germany's response to anything Israel is about Holocaust guilt and instead about rewriting German history, you'd understand German politics better. 🧵
June 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If you stop thinking that Germany's response to anything Israel is about Holocaust guilt and instead about rewriting German history, you'd understand German politics better. 🧵
“Going forward, I think taste and style are more valuable than ever before. In an era where we’re able to rapidly generate cheap low quality content or software at a scale we’ve never seen before, we will need people with taste in the mix”
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Enshittification as a matter of taste
“Enshittification” is a termed coined by Cory Doctorow in 2023 to describe a pattern of decreasing quality observed in online services and products. Since Doctorow’s post, there’s been no shortage of ...
daverupert.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Going forward, I think taste and style are more valuable than ever before. In an era where we’re able to rapidly generate cheap low quality content or software at a scale we’ve never seen before, we will need people with taste in the mix”
daverupert.com/2025/03/ensh...
daverupert.com/2025/03/ensh...
Removed all social media apps from my phone v4124. Let's see how long this one takes!
February 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Removed all social media apps from my phone v4124. Let's see how long this one takes!