🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship'

8 January 2025 - kudos:

I especially appreciate this article in the wake of Meta’s recent announcements. There are cases in which content moderation is inconsistent or overreaching, and there are cases in which less moderation fixes the problem. However, it’s the arbitrary distinctions and self-serving nature of the changes that make the “free expression” argument so flimsy. link to “Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook’s Censorship”

a local news dilemma

1 November 2024 - kudos:

A while ago, the RSS feeds for my local newspaper stopped working (at least with my feed reader), which caused me some consternation as I tried to decide whether to build a workaround or just give up on the Herald-Leader. I believe in supporting local news, so I’ve wanted to find a technical solution to this, but a lot of the decision making is out of my hands, and I don’t really have time on my hands to build myself the kind of webscraper that would be fun to try out.