phoneyphone's comments

phoneyphone | 7 years ago | on: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

Isn't that how Facebook got started: by creating networks based around schools? I don't see the big deal, especially if the school isn't developing new communication tools for students.

phoneyphone | 7 years ago | on: Internal Facebook Note: Here Is A “Psychological Trick” To Target Teens

So they did grassroots marketing? Like when a barber shop creates an Instagram profile to get the word out..

phoneyphone | 8 years ago | on: Controversial New Milk Shakes Up Big Dairy

Made 4x on their stock since I added them to my portfolio. Ironically doing better than most tech companies.

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Facebook's female engineers claim gender bias

Paywall removed: http://outline.com/CF3DMU

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Facebook told advertisers it can identify teens feeling 'insecure', 'worthless'

Source article with paywall removed: http://outline.com/UgbtWJ

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Apple CEO Tim Cook Once Personally Threatened to Kick Uber Out of the App Store

Corporations aren't robots. They don't pull the plug on transportation infrastructure because of a TOS violation. There are plenty of disabled people who rely on Uber.

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Amazon Strategy Teardown

MG Siegler wrote a more exciting version of this on Medium. I'd link to it but on mobile right now.

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: What Happens When You Send a Zero-Day to a Bank?

There's a service called Synack that does something similar to what you describe

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Theranos Secretly Bought Outside Lab Gear, Ran Fake Tests: Court Filings

Removed the paywall: http://outline.com/DVdmsJ

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Google plans ad-blocking feature in Chrome browser

Paywall removed: http://outline.com/f35FY6

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: We’re dropping Google Ads

For those who want no ads at all, try using Outline.com

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Snapchat Is for Flirting

snapchat DMs are used by young people; think AIM. snapchat stories is an old-people product. It fits into their existing frameworks of social networks: public broadcasts.

phoneyphone | 9 years ago | on: Tinder Launches Swipe Ventures

Not to be snarky, but how many times has Sean Rad stepped down from Tinder? I feel like it happens every 6 months.