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Don’t blame the tool for mismanaged expectations.

Graph query logic (US 9646028 B2)

https://www.google.com/patents/US9646028

These are all huge wins for Open Source activism! Thanks for listening, Facebook.

A huge win for activism! I will analyse the new situation in a new post soon :-)

You could retain this info in a meta field of flexible type. For a DB, it could a JSON type. For messages, it could be an extra _meta field on the message that the systems themselves ignore.

Bingo. If you equate this technique to a DB migration, you could have "up" and "down" directions for the translations from version N <=> N+1.

Then if you have 90% confidence you'll only ever need to replay the upgraded stream, you can upgrade it and destroy the previous version.

If at some point (the remaining 10%) you need to rescue the old stream, you can run the "down" direction and rehydrate the old version of the stream.

Certain features of social networks like likes, reactions, recommendations, etc. trigger micro-dopamine releases in the brain, which in turn keep the individual craving for more.

The infinity scrolling appeals to our hunger for more and more stimuli, which in turn has us spend more time browsing the network. That longer exposure allows FB to monetise even further.

One thing that worries me – and it's not discussed in the article – is the loss of productivity, as well as cost of the opportunity for the individual.

In fact, individuals who become addicted to social networks may carry a psychological cost as well, which in turn reflects on the productivity of the individual inside the global economy system.

You could argue that time spent on Facebook would've been spent on other leisure activities anyway. But is it true? Much of this time is now spent due to compulsive behaviour, every 5 minutes, 10 minutes, as soon as you wake up, before going to bed, etc.

Careful. Pointing your A record to a third party allows that party to use HPKP [1] with a long expiry period and never give you the key, potentially nuking the domain (for anyone who has visited it before you sell it).

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Public_Key_Pinning

It looks like HN doesn't like metaphors :) Since it's flagged, I will repost with a different title.

Is there something wrong with engaging in the mental exercise of mapping these phenomena in one context? In this case: Blockchains?