The symptomatic static of the algorithmic match
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The systematic static of the algorithmic pushAnd the “evil surveillance” that gathers the dataPhoto by Matthew Henry on UnsplashHackernoon is planning to part ways with Medium, it appears. The move makes sense now that it is clear that Medium is focusing on becoming more of a centralized magazine than a home for independent publishers. And, really, Hackernoon has no choice, given that Medium now prevents any third party ads.Hackernoon made it clear that it plans to sell ads (“sponsorships”) on its new site, but clarified what that means for them:We believe sponsorship is not evil, if done right. What’s evil is surveillance. Our sponsors will be either site-wide or by subject matter.Surveillance.It’s the perfect word to describe the current status quo for most of the big players in social (...)
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