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As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal (www.pcmag.com)
TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style. (www.atlasobscura.com)
Reddit sales growth slowdown preceded fight over new API fees (www.theinformation.com)
A stark business reality faced Reddit before a user uprising engulfed its site this month: slowing sales growth. Reddit’s revenue rose 38% in 2022 to about $670 million last year, two people familiar with the matter said, faster than many other internet ad firms but a steep slowdown from the …
Reddit pressures mods to end the blackout as they find new ways to protest (www.theverge.com)
A Reddit admin told the moderators of one protesting subreddit that “the expectation here is that communities reopen.” r/DIY has reopened, but with new rules that lower the community’s quality standards for new posts.
Steve Huffman Wants to Be God of the Mods | He co-created Reddit. How did he lose the trust of the users who make it special? (slate.com)
Steve Huffman co-created Reddit. Is he trying to quash what’s made it so special?
TIL that the line "There's one for you, nineteen for me" in the Beatles song "Taxman" was not an exaggeration - at the time, the highest UK tax rate was 95%. (en.wikipedia.org)
Lawyers submitted bogus case law created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000 (apnews.com)
A federal judge has imposed $5,000 fines on a group of lawyers after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research to support an aviation injury claim. Judge P. Kevin Castel said the lawyers acted in bad faith but credited their apologies in a written ruling Thursday. The lawyers testified earlier this...
TIL of Chaser, a border collie whose tested memory was the highest of any non-human animal. She could identify and retrieve 1022 different toys based on name and category. (en.wikipedia.org)
Canadian Senate passes bill requiring Google, Meta to pay for news (www.independent.co.uk)
A Canadian bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law
The Four Best Reddit Alternatives (lifehacker.com)
As Reddit melts down, users are fleeing to lemmy, kbin, tildes and more.
TIL that Lucille Ball convinced Merv Griffin to hire Alex Trebek to host the revival of Jeopardy in 1984 when original host Art Fleming, a friend of Trebek’s, declined to return. Trebek holds the G... (wikipedia.org)
TIL: The US Navy used Xbox 360 controllers to operate the periscopes on submarines based on feedback from junior officers and sailors; the previous controls for the periscope were clunky and real h... (www.theverge.com)
But not for gaming
TIL Chinese checkers is actually called Sternhalma and is not related to Chinese culture or the the game of checkers and was invented in Germany in 1892. (www.wikipedia.org)
The new 3D printing technology revolutionising artificial eyes for patients (www.abc.net.au)
Craig lost an eye to cancer but says the “hardest thing” has been people’s reaction. An orbital prosthesis handmade by Brisbane technician Nicholas Puls has helped him feel more confident.
Reddit is battling against moderators marking their communities NSFW (techcrunch.com)
After adopting different forms of protests moderators have rebelled against the company by marking their subreddits NSFW (Not Safe For Work).