Best of 2022

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2022. 301 posts.

AI & Machine Learning
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Protect me from what I want

Over on Mastodon, there are many people who enjoy not being in the grip of software like Facebook or Twitter that single-mindedly tries to maximize “engagement”, which means the amount of time you stare at the screen so they can show you ads. These algorithms don’t care what they’re showing you and if it turns out…