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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Pinterest keeps removing content i'm collecting in a private board to research fandoms and art styles for a project. Makes me angry. 😡

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4/26/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"a secret board could be made public in one click" <- why not just have a NSFW tag to prevent that instead of policing aesthetic interests?

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4/26/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I'm not even using it for porn. I'm collecting samus art b/c I have an interest in suits design. https://t.co/HNuVETPA6T

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4/26/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

There's loads & loads of just straight up pornographic boards on there, but my genuine use of the platform as art resource gets flagged?

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4/26/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Dear Pinterest.When I click on an image in google search, I want to see that image. not some random collection from a search.

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Worst UX? Trying to find something but getting lost in Pinterest's Maze of Foraging-Porn. Borges's Library of Babel.https://t.co/uWgyCVehXK

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Influencer marketing, content marketing, direct selling; The internet is combining our old medium of foraging. Optimized for abandoned malls

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Google? Tries to get you off of the search page as fast as possible.Pinterest? It is an abusive all consuming void targeting curiosity.

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Jokes aside: how can I block Pinterest from my search results? It never has what i'm looking for & growth-h*ck'ed spam is 100% noise to me.

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

What is Pinterest's churn rate?Do users buy from them?I'd guess most of their userbase is hikikomori + longtail?https://t.co/TZ5Zfdw8Es

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

What really irks me off is rise in shame against unemployed men who stay at home and play games all day. Same coin: https://t.co/A7yy1I6LNr

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I'd bet they're min-maxing Monthly Active Users. All their on-ramps seem to be about getting notifications in your face as fast as possible.

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Oh wait, they were.What is 'user success' anyway?s/success/addiction/https://t.co/mF8GqwU0ju https://t.co/yIEBTHC6h7

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

That foraging behavior that Pinterest tries to get you to do? It's basically the same addictive forces as gambling.https://t.co/g92WMprM9I

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

"unexplored perspective is that gambling is an extension of natural foraging behavior to a financial environment." https://t.co/yOaIfJnxzj

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Core game loop of Pinterest: a socially oriented tool to explore together. But perverted by addiction+marketing.https://t.co/8gKxJnpHRf

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

If monetization is not part of mechanism design from start, hard to tack on without disruption to core game loop.https://t.co/UmLbIt2GTg

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

What does user success mean on a platform? How is long-term user success in conflict w/ VC growth engine ecosystem?https://t.co/Iqam7OGqy8

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Core problem of modern internet is lazy core game loop design. Imitation of what works, not exploring new ways.https://t.co/Y94mSjvetl

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I like the idea of Pinterest. But...User success should never look like an addiction funnel.https://t.co/a0jzQuLIlZ

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

If you care about us, build system that last. Design for sustainability. Make users at the center of the ecosystem. https://t.co/biKIIxmFZZ

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Everything I use to make meaning feels infested w/ cancerous ideas, feeding off our commons like a parasite.https://t.co/3MCjUEG2eE

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

"like cancer, success is judged by the capability for rapid and infinite growth within a context of finite resources https://t.co/ICkR4VRfBQ

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"but you wouldn't be able to say these things if it weren't for parasitical jerks who build these systems for you!"https://t.co/yiRRSAeBml

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

When Brands manipulate hive against best interests, they're no longer information mutualists, but parasite jerks.https://t.co/m3orQbgfa2

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Don't confuse innovation w/ snake-oil salesmen selling cargo cults wares. There's a delicate balance. A fine line. https://t.co/rGHeCKIiKt

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Happens in nature too. Figuring out why these patterns of symbiosis mutualism commensalism and parasitism manifest: *not just* capitalism. https://t.co/c8KAt3HwSx

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Of course engines of growth are virtuous feedback loops!But one wrong step & they manifest as dueling death spirals.An evolutionary trap.

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Bubbles pop when the ratio of soap (innovation) to water (cargo cults) causes surface tension (trust) to decay.https://t.co/2PS2Y6T80P

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

@ckhonson Even twitter's own ad paradigm is based on fact that it circumvents trust norms to garner higher 'engagement': https://t.co/FyYOOmwmjS

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

When trust decays, the fig trees revolt against the wasps. Bubbles popping in slow motion.https://t.co/BwqAP7qPcm

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

"But what happens when a wasp lays its eggs but fails to pollinate the fig?"https://t.co/UQVS0lfD2g

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5/2/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Things I use more when I'm anxious/sad are also places where I store happy ideas:Pinterest, Twitter, Vine (RIP).https://t.co/nEkjnSI0fW

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9/4/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"just another notification clogging up the pipes."Notifications are a competitive tragedy of commons.https://t.co/OOJO5uH42C

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9/23/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I frame idea space of modern VC/Startup ecosystem as a dying paradigm that hit saturation => perverse incentives.https://t.co/Q04d0cefvx

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

"When evidence piles up that contradicts the paradigm, a science sometimes needs to go through the painful process…"https://t.co/mZMOa020JA https://t.co/thjoaLvA09

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9/23/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

A game that changes itself as you play.https://t.co/tlwbiumZlE

UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago

"Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense."https://t.co/HimRmsWXSM

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9/23/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

I don't enjoy wishing people birthday. I never have. I don't even like my own birthday. It's just a bundle of anxiety for me. thnx facebook.

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9/23/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Most of my IRL memories are shit. "on this day" really only surfaces old research I posted & interesting ideas, or pain. Thnx facebook.

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9/23/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Pinterest as a flytrap for informavores. It pulls you in when you're sad and shows you an endless stream of content. https://t.co/34KRScPYG9

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10/31/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

There's a NSFW video on how image boards are addiction funnels - refresh to pull the roulette wheel of content.https://t.co/xVLkdqN1Zu

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10/31/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

"Architects of our digital world: stop! be better!"https://t.co/OzuTr2G4rC

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10/31/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Addiction funnel as a service.https://t.co/1trSG8nio9

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11/8/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

Replying to @ultimape

Can we, uh... Fix this?I've been blocking notifications on my phone for annoying apps who abuse push notifications. https://t.co/e9oifb9E28

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11/8/2017