The commodity of popularity is an oddity. It is independent of talent, intelligence, reason, beauty, athleticism, or goodness. Despite that, it’s a money maker! Popularity’s financial equation is simple. It converts to eyeballs. These eyeballs, when placed with cyberworld platforms, create clicks, views, and impressions. In turn, this digital particulars are monetized and converted intoContinue reading “For the Sake of Eyes”
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Terms of Service As A New Religion? A Ten Commandments’ Tale
some modern visionaries advocate that the repository of human experience, science and data though high technology, can essentially become one’s way of living. one can direct their actions by allowing this wealth of knowledge and algorithms to plot out their life decisions. “what food to eat?” “what movie to watch?” or “what books to read?”Continue reading “Terms of Service As A New Religion? A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Freedom Of Reach: A Ten Commandments’ Tale
with blogging, website data brings both joy and disappointment. statistical successes and failures are often accompanied with hamster-wheel-like stagnation. hardwork and improved content can not move the meters. while blog success can be spurred upon “freedom of speech,” it is also harmed by forces impacting “freedom of reach.” “freedom of reach” involves many factors. platformContinue reading “Freedom Of Reach: A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Is Censorship Alive and Well On Google Searches? A Ten Commandments’ Tale
with a background that includes computer programming, i pride myself searching efficiently and effectively on a variety of search engines. professionally, i make a living finding obscure cases and aspects of law. in researching my last post, it appears that the google search engine censored the results. i went to get a link for myContinue reading “Is Censorship Alive and Well On Google Searches? A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Celebrating 450 Blog Posts With Tips and Insights: A Ten Commandments’ Tale
there is the great blogger unknown. why are my stats and data going this way? it is mystery that must be solved! my professional blogging miraculously had a blog post’s impressions skyrocket. the number and my rankings were unbelievable. at one point, i ranked number one on the internet for this particular topic. suddenly, itContinue reading “Celebrating 450 Blog Posts With Tips and Insights: A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
Was Old News Good News? A Ten Commandments’ Tale
before the internet and social media became primary new sources, journalism was quite different. absent the current instantaneous immediacy and the sheer value of clicks, periodicals were driven to produce quality reporting. journalists had more time to invest in their product. in these earlier times, journalists were often not the story originators. they would purveyContinue reading “Was Old News Good News? A Ten Commandments’ Tale”
God’s Algorithm vs. Silicon Valley’s Algorithm
silicon valley giant, alphabet, which operates google, has a corporate code of conduct of “don’t be evil.” google doodles, which is the art work when you are at a search engine page, has a policy that “google has acknowledged this as an official policy, stating in april 2018 that they “don’t have doodles for religiousContinue reading “God’s Algorithm vs. Silicon Valley’s Algorithm”
The Ten Commandments Project 