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Bruce Ableson

@bruceableson

In social media since forever, founder of Open Diary - invented comments, activity feeds, and some other stuff.

 New York, USA
Joined May 2009
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It was great to talk to @anildash on @podcastfunction about Open Diary, how online community got its start, and where it’s going: open.spotify.com/episode/3uJ…
Social Media, 20 Years Ago

Social Media, 20 Years Ago

Function with Anil Dash · Episode

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It’s the money for angry clicks that are killing us. Literally.
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Love that!
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From January 2019: “Facebook has got a real problem right now because people hate it. It’s not that they hate Facebook, it’s like going on Facebook gives them a stomach ache. ... They have a real problem because they can’t go back now.” –@bruceableson ▶️communitysignal.com/the-dark…
“Facebook has got a real problem right now because people hate it. It’s not that they hate Facebook, it’s like going on Facebook gives them a stomach ache. I had the same thing through the election cycle in 2016, and the two years since then. You go on Facebook, and your crazy uncle is posting stuff, and some of your friends are arguing with you about things that seem obvious to you. It gets to where it’s not fun because of that. They have a real problem because they can’t go back now. They even announced some of that this week, where they were like, ‘We’re adding more moderators, and we’re changing how we enforce people interacting with each other.’ It’s too late at this point.” –Bruce Ableson, Senior Director, Global Readiness and Enablement, Adobe

ALT “Facebook has got a real problem right now because people hate it. It’s not that they hate Facebook, it’s like going on Facebook gives them a stomach ache. I had the same thing through the election cycle in 2016, and the two years since then. You go on Facebook, and your crazy uncle is posting stuff, and some of your friends are arguing with you about things that seem obvious to you. It gets to where it’s not fun because of that. They have a real problem because they can’t go back now. They even announced some of that this week, where they were like, ‘We’re adding more moderators, and we’re changing how we enforce people interacting with each other.’ It’s too late at this point.” –Bruce Ableson, Senior Director, Global Readiness and Enablement, Adobe

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Over the last year, at least 526,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. 22 million jobs have been lost. 75% of Americans support the American Rescue Plan to give families relief and repair our economy. This week, 0 House Republicans voted for it.
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Things the GOP cares about: - Mr. Potato Head - Dr. Seuss - MyPillow Things the GOP doesn’t care about: - democracy - voting rights - punishing insurrection
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Denise Wu
@denisewu14 Feb 2021
Spineless senate Republicans deserves to live in fear of Trump forever. Let Trump drag 47 complicit #GQP down like his failed businesses.
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love this.
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@WIRED7 Feb 2021
Thanks to confirmation bias and powerful algorithms, social platforms often amplify the voices we agree with most. Over time, this creates echo chambers, which can deepen societal divisions to a dangerous degree. Here’s how to break out of yours 1/ wired.trib.al/xxZNC22
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Exactly. And years ago there were blank spaces online that companies could pivot into and try to find an audience / community after a first failure, but those are few and far between now.
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the receipts against MTG are like if CVS threw up
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Exactly this.
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One day into the Biden administration and it already feels like a ship full of adults showed up on the island from Lord of the Flies and built a school, a hospital, and a skateboard park.
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Also absurd because one of them sought to overthrow the legitimate function of government, and one did not.
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If by cancel culture republicans are implying that white supremacy is their culture and we want that cancelled then yes I agree
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Berin Szóka@BerinSzoka13 Jan 2021
This is the "free speech" conservatives are defending Those being "censored" aren't serious conservatives talking about conservative ideas. They're the American Taliban. What they're aiming for is violence. They're using conspiracy theories and disinformation to make it happen.
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Parler has sued Amazon for refusing to provide it web services, and conservatives have rallied to Parler's defense, claiming their views are being censored. In its legal response, Amazon cites the type of Parler content that conservatives apparently want to defend. Take a look:
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Paul Cogan@PaulCogan12 Jan 2021
Hitler was found guilty of treason and sentenced to five years in prison after the Beer Hall Putsch. He served nine months before he was pardoned in the name of "unity and healing." And after that, as we all know, everything was fine.
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@GregTSargent12 Jan 2021
We need to cut through the baloney. Until Republicans forthrightly admit that Biden *legitimately* won the election and that Trump's lies about it are the cause of the violence, their phony calls for unity deserve nothing but contempt and derision. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | Republicans must unambiguously admit that Trump’s lies threaten more violence

Until Republicans tell the truth about Joe Biden's victory, they're helping feed threats of more violence.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan11 Jan 2021
While we argue over what to call the attackers last week - insurrectionists, domestic terrorists, seditionists, traitors, etc - it’s also worth pointing out that they were all 2020 Republican voters. #justsayin
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Quickly, happily, and without a second thought.
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The president just joined your social network. Are you a bad enough dude to ban the president? adirobertson.itch.io/ban-the…
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