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I was browsing the Whoop subreddit when I noticed a particularly suspicious chain of comments in a format similar to ones I've seen before, where a product with an oddly generic name is linked using Markdown and the comment seems vaguely human like, but the commenter's profile clearly indi...
Court Enjoins the Utah "Minor Protection in Social Media Act"–NetChoice v. Reyes
(blog.ericgoldman.org)
Social media promised connection. What we got was noise, performance, and endless scrolling.
We wanted something quieter — a space that actually helps you stay in touch with people who matter.<p>So we built Slowcialize: no feeds, no likes, no performance. Just simple, reflective updates shared at yo...