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Structured Transparency: a framework for addressing use/mis-use trade-offs when sharing information

habryka11 Apr 2024 18:35 UTC

23 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Community Notes by X

NicholasKees18 Mar 2024 17:13 UTC

121 points

15 comments7 min readLW link

On the Latest TikTok Bill

Zvi13 Mar 2024 18:50 UTC

58 points

7 comments29 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Social media use probably induces excessive mediocrity

trevor17 Feb 2024 22:49 UTC

6 points

11 comments12 min readLW link

the subreddit size threshold

bhauth23 Jan 2024 0:38 UTC

32 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(www.bhauth.com)

[Question] What’s up with online media and our ability to get sh*t done?

TeaTieAndHat19 Jan 2024 9:12 UTC

2 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Social media alignment test

amayhew16 Jan 2024 20:56 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(naiveskepticblog.wordpress.com)

Reputational Warfare in the 21st Century

Declan Molony16 Jan 2024 6:57 UTC

−2 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Preserving our heritage: Building a movement and a knowledge ark for current and future generations

rnk829 Nov 2023 19:20 UTC

0 points

5 comments12 min readLW link

Helpful examples to get a sense of modern automated manipulation

trevor12 Nov 2023 20:49 UTC

33 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

A thought about the constraints of debtlessness in online communities

mako yass7 Oct 2023 21:26 UTC

57 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

How ForumMagnum builds communities of inquiry

Jim Fisher4 Sep 2023 16:52 UTC

28 points

21 comments5 min readLW link

Reward Hacking from a Causal Perspective

tom4everitt, Francis Rhys Ward, sbenthall, James Fox, mattmacdermott and RyanCarey

21 Jul 2023 18:27 UTC

29 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

Twitter Twitches

Zvi4 Jul 2023 13:00 UTC

34 points

9 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Man in the Arena

Richard_Ngo26 Jun 2023 21:57 UTC

64 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

More on Twitter and Algorithms

Zvi19 Apr 2023 12:40 UTC

37 points

7 comments13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Catching the Eye of Sauron

Casey B.7 Apr 2023 0:40 UTC

221 points

68 comments4 min readLW link

Given the Restrict Act, Don’t Ban TikTok

Zvi4 Apr 2023 14:40 UTC

97 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Changing Face of Twitter

Zvi29 Mar 2023 17:50 UTC

23 points

8 comments26 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Seeking Advice on Raising AI X-Risk Awareness on Social Media

MrThink24 Mar 2023 22:25 UTC

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Overton’s Basilisk

Alex Beyman15 Mar 2023 21:54 UTC

−20 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

The Kids are Not Okay

Zvi8 Mar 2023 13:30 UTC

85 points

43 comments32 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Digital Molecular Assemblers: What synthetic media/generative AI actually represents, and where I think it’s going

Yuli_Ban28 Feb 2023 14:03 UTC

26 points

4 comments15 min readLW link

Politics is the Fun-Killer

Adam Zerner25 Feb 2023 23:29 UTC

28 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are some good Lesswrong-related accounts or hashtags on Mastodon that I should follow?

SpectrumDT5 Dec 2022 9:42 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Mastodon Linking Norms

jefftk10 Nov 2022 15:10 UTC

9 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Trying Mastodon

jefftk8 Nov 2022 19:10 UTC

12 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Thinking About Mastodon

jefftk7 Nov 2022 19:40 UTC

33 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

What’s the Deal with Elon Musk and Twitter?

Zvi7 Nov 2022 13:50 UTC

60 points

11 comments31 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Explaining the Twitter Postrat Scene

Jacob Falkovich5 Apr 2022 22:23 UTC

112 points

27 comments5 min readLW link

Do a cost-benefit analysis of your technology usage

TurnTrout27 Mar 2022 23:09 UTC

191 points

53 comments13 min readLW link

Dear Self; We Need To Talk About Social Media

Elizabeth7 Dec 2021 0:40 UTC

156 points

19 comments10 min readLW link 1 review

(acesounderglass.com)

Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin Spiegel10 Oct 2021 5:19 UTC

19 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Does Diverse News Decrease Polarization?

jsteinhardt11 Sep 2021 2:30 UTC

11 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

(bounded-regret.ghost.io)

Autoregressive Propaganda

lsusr22 Aug 2021 2:18 UTC

25 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Social media: designed to be bad for you & for society

matto24 Jul 2021 18:59 UTC

29 points

18 comments4 min readLW link

Social host liability

CraigMichael9 May 2021 7:24 UTC

22 points

39 comments6 min readLW link

Open, Free, Safe: Choose Two

jaspax20 Mar 2021 16:42 UTC

108 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

Clubhouse

lsusr15 Mar 2021 3:38 UTC

41 points

33 comments4 min readLW link

Announcement: Real-time discussions in a new Clubhouse community.

gianlucatruda7 Mar 2021 19:38 UTC

16 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are the most powerful lotuses?

ForensicOceanography20 Feb 2021 19:05 UTC

12 points

43 comments1 min readLW link

Tournesol, YouTube and AI Risk

adamShimi12 Feb 2021 18:56 UTC

36 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

How to solve the argument about what the algorithm should do

Yoav Ravid15 Jan 2021 6:08 UTC

22 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

In Defense of Twitter’s Decision to Ban Trump

ragintumbleweed11 Jan 2021 18:08 UTC

4 points

21 comments5 min readLW link

In Addition to Ragebait and Doomscrolling

mike_hawke3 Dec 2020 18:26 UTC

73 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Whence the symptoms of social media?

KatjaGrace27 Oct 2020 7:30 UTC

20 points

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(meteuphoric.com)

But what kinds of puppets are we?

KatjaGrace26 Oct 2020 8:40 UTC

13 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(meteuphoric.com)

Livestreaming monetisation models aka What do camgirls have in common with Twitch streamers?

characteristics19 Sep 2020 18:57 UTC

11 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

(lillianli.substack.com)

Don’t Use Facebook Blocking

Davis_Kingsley21 Apr 2020 15:50 UTC

2 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

TikTok Recommendation Algorithm Optimizations

Xodarap27 Mar 2020 1:03 UTC

12 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

[Personal Experiment] Training YouTube’s Algorithm

lsusr9 Jan 2020 9:04 UTC

13 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

The New Age of Social Engineering

VivaLaPanda7 Dec 2019 0:23 UTC

22 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

Current Law Proposed to allow competition in Social Media

jmh23 Oct 2019 13:13 UTC

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How much time do you spend on twitter?

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:41 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do you use twitter for intellectual engagement? Do you like it?

Hazard1 Aug 2019 12:35 UTC

16 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Counterfactuals about Social Media

Zvi22 Apr 2019 12:20 UTC

53 points

23 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Youtube channel devoted to the art of rationality

MrMind15 Dec 2017 11:42 UTC

11 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Meaning wars

Elo14 Dec 2017 23:17 UTC

11 points

5 comments8 min readLW link

Social media probably not a deathtrap

eukaryote7 Oct 2017 3:54 UTC

5 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Why I Quit Social Media

sarahconstantin26 Sep 2017 0:58 UTC

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Against Facebook: The Stalking

Zvi16 Sep 2017 12:41 UTC

31 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Against Facebook: Comparison to Alternatives and Call to Action

Zvi22 Apr 2017 16:44 UTC

1 point

0 comments6 min readLW link

Against Facebook

Zvi22 Apr 2017 16:43 UTC

8 points

0 comments27 min readLW link

Optimizing the news feed

paulfchristiano1 Dec 2016 23:23 UTC

20 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

(sideways-view.com)

Link: How Community Feedback Shapes User Behavior

Tyrrell_McAllister17 Sep 2014 13:49 UTC

7 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Less Wrong on Twitter

Grognor22 Jun 2012 15:51 UTC

32 points

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