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Inside: The online community trilemma; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/16/fast-good-cheap/
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@pluralistic small correction: the paper is from 2022 already, but Mako blogged about it just now 🙂
The online community trilemma: Reach, community and information, pick two.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116079347423631248
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Hey look at this
* A year in, it’s official: Americans, not foreigners, are paying for Trump’s tariffs https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/12/business/trump-tariffs-consumers-nightcap
* How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story
* In 1984 An Unemployed Ice Cream Truck Driver Memorized A Game Show's Secret Winning Formula. He Then Went On The Show… https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/in-1984-a-man-memorized-a-game-shows-secret-formula-and-won-a-fortune/
* Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
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#15yrsago Brazilian telcoms regulator raids, confiscates and fines over open WiFi https://globalvoices.org/2011/02/14/brazil-criminalization-sharing-internet-wifi/
#15yrsago Blatant disinformation about Scientology critic https://memex.craphound.com/2011/02/14/bald-disinformation-about-scientology-critic/
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#15yrsago Simpsons house as a Quake III level https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34LtrnnXQTc
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#15yrsago Dapper Day at Disneyland: the well-dressed go to the fun-park https://web.archive.org/web/20110219162834/http://thedisneyblog.com/2011/02/16/dapper-day-at-disney-parks-this-sunday/
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#10yrsago Watch: Claude Shannon, Jerome Wiesner and Oliver Selfridge in a 1960s AI documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aygSMgK3BEM
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