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- Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds
A Hacker News discussion argues that social media feeds, including HN, have shifted from connecting friends to delivering addictive content and fads.
- How to be successful interviewing for big tech
Postman's interview process replaces LeetCode puzzles with take-home tasks, allows AI usage, and evaluates tradeoffs and collaboration rather than memorization.
- Tell HN: I'm sick of AI everything
A Hacker News user expresses exhaustion with AI saturation online, sparking a discussion about AI fatigue, slop, and societal effects.
- Have a fucking website
Hacker News commenters generally agree that having a website is beneficial but argue that small businesses face significant practical obstacles, such as technical complexity and customer preference for social media platforms.
- Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can't Trust His Testimony
A Tech Oversight report documents multiple instances where Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg misled Congress about safety on the company's platforms, including underage privacy protections and content moderation effectiveness.
- Dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse
Homeland Security Investigations used a brick expert, sofa company sales records, and a wallpaper detail from a dark web video to identify and rescue a child abuse victim named Lucy after six years of detective work.
- AI slop - Wikipedia
AI slop refers to low-quality, high-volume generative AI content created as clickbait to exploit the attention economy, proliferating across social media and politics.
- Facebook has made it impossible to delete Pages – dark patterns everywhere
Facebook's page deletion feature is deliberately hidden behind multiple interfaces, making it nearly impossible for users to delete their own pages.