THIS WASN’T SUPPOSED to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in the Irish countryside, Liam, 19, sat at his laptop, an energy drink fizzing at his elbow. He leaned in for a better look at the profile photo and, sure enough, saw the face of an old…
How Facebook’s Algorithms Decide What You See in Your News Feed | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
This piece is part of Gizmodo’s ongoing effort to make the Facebook Papers available to the public. See the full directory of documents here. In a presentation dated May 6, 2018, a Facebook employee asked, “Is Ranking Good?” “Probably. Even asking the question feels slightly blasphemous at Facebook,” the same…
Crypto, NFTs, Web3: People Hate the Future of the Internet | #datingscams | #lovescams | #facebookscams
On the subway this morning, I looked up and saw an ad for a new cryptocurrency. More specifically, I looked up at a bright-red rectangle behind large white font reading: It’s never too late to be early. We’re in the midst of a speculation boom that has been variously compared…