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Start typing the URL of a website. When a suggestion appears, press "tab" to search the website: That is/was tab-to-search. I'm not sure I should speak…
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We take for granted that browsers have a default search engine, that users are incapable of using another search engine, for example adding "reddit" to…
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November 2022

When people used the @-symbol to mention other users and the hashtag to refer to topics, twitter build features to support these conventions—linking…
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October 2022

Forums like reddit and hackernews show a total score for every post and comment: Upvotes − Downvotes. This encourages conformism. It encourages people…
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September 2022

The harder a technology is to work with, the more room it leaves for fantasy, speculation, for everything from tweets to sci-fi novels.
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January 2022

The character of a platform is determined by its feedback loop.
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November 2021

Why is video dominated by a few platforms and audio isn't? Why is the podcast ecosystem built around audio, not video? The open formats that are used to…
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