I am Daniel Knowles. I live in Chicago and I write for The Economist.
My first book, "Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It", just came out. It is about the history of how cars first ruined cities; how they are still ruining cities in Europe and America; how they are about to ruin even more cities in Asia and Africa; and what we need to do to stop it.
Looking through … old folder of screenshots, I came across this one of the Spotify UI from 12 years ago. I'd forgotten that they used to have ‘apps’ like The Guardian in it
I tried to just cover the "news" on this one, but I'm still too emotionally invested in how these social media services keep getting worse. https://somegadgetguy.com/2024/03/15/reddits-ipo-i-hope-it-fails/
I hope Reddit's IPO fails. It probably won't though...
I haven't been on #Reddit for a while, but here's a helpful tip for anyone who's thinking about participating in their IPO.
Reddit claims to be "the front page of the internet," like the Forum Romanum of our day. This claim is false, and easily disproven. If you want to see the TRUE face of reddit, look at the posting/comment history of the AutoModerator account.
What you see on reddit's front page is a veil. The REAL reddit is bots, scams, porn, and no small amount of hate.