The Power of Crowds and "Human Computation" (vice.com)
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· posted by
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· from the two-heads-are-better-than-one dept.
· 155 comments
Twitter Says It's Beating the Trolls (betanews.com)
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· posted by
timothy
· from the child-psychology dept.
· 214 comments
Does the Internet Spur Social Change, Or Lazy Activism? (usc.edu)
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the clicking-a-button-is-way-easier-than-giving-blood-or-standing-outside dept.
· 98 comments
Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Using a Reputation Engine To Rate Information?
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· posted by
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· from the well-if-grantrobertson-says-it dept.
· 100 comments
Eric Schmidt Proposes 'Hate Spell-Checker' For Radical and Terrorist Content (nytimes.com)
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the you-haven't-thought-this-through dept.
· 305 comments
EFF launches Site To Track Censored Content On Social Media (eff.org)
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· posted by
samzenpus
· from the lost-and-found dept.
· 39 comments
Social Media and the Age of Microcomplaints (nytimes.com)
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the it's-what-we-do dept.
· 119 comments
Israel 'To Review' Top Appointment After Facebook Controversy (bbc.com)
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the diplomatic-incidents-are-more-convenient-than-ever dept.
· 351 comments
Live-Streaming Florida Woman Charged With Drunken Driving
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the criminal-yes,-mastermind-no dept.
· 327 comments
The Payments World Really Wants To Know Who You Are (techcrunch.com)
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the use-only-your-banking-approved-selfie-stick dept.
· 73 comments
Selfies Kill More People Than Shark Attacks
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· posted by
timothy
· from the no-guts-no-aaaaaaiiiiiiiggghhhhh dept.
· 160 comments
Reddit Updates Content Policy, Bans More Subreddits
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· posted by
timothy
· from the why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept.
· 410 comments
Facebook Allows Turkish Government To Set the Censorship Rules
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· posted by
timothy
· from the but-everyone-loves-the-king-of-thailand dept.
· 121 comments
Girls Catfish ISIS On Social Media For Travel Money
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· posted by
samzenpus
· from the this-message-may-come-as-a-shock-to-you dept.
· 238 comments
Ellen Pao Leaves Reddit; Site Founder Steve Huffman Makes a Triumphant Return
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· posted by
timothy
· from the to-spend-time-with-family dept.
· 467 comments
Running a Town Over Twitter
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the of-the-hashtags,-by-the-hashtags,-and-for-the-hashtags dept.
· 80 comments
AMAgeddon: Reddit Mods Are Locking Up the Site's Most Popular Pages In Protest
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the internet-drama dept.
· 385 comments
Are We Too Quick To Act On Social Media Outrage?
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· posted by
timothy
· from the have-you-stopped-beating-your-lab-assistants? dept.
· 371 comments
Russian Troops Traced To Ukrainian Battlefields Through Social Media
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the caught-red-tweeted dept.
· 180 comments
Facebook Has a New Private Mobile Photo-Sharing App, and They Built It In C++
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· posted by
timothy
· from the fortran-was-busy dept.
· 173 comments
US Teen Pleads Guilty To Teaching ISIS About Bitcoin Via Twitter
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· posted by
timothy
· from the don't-ever-edit-wikipedia dept.
· 312 comments
Reddit Removes Communities To Address Harassment, Users Respond
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· posted by
samzenpus
· from the shields-up dept.
· 474 comments
Linux/Moose Worm Targets Routers, Modems, and Embedded Systems
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· posted by
Soulskill
· from the moose-is-the-penguin's-natural-enemy dept.
· 110 comments
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team Responds In Nepal
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· posted by
samzenpus
· from the lending-a-hand dept.
· 25 comments
Export Ban Drives Cuba To Non-US Analytics Software To Boost Tourism
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· posted by
timothy
· from the keepin'-it-hostile dept.
· 84 comments
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