Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

Category: Technology

  • Online advertising model smells like fraud

    Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram, Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and more shove ads into your content. I always had the opinion that online advertising and the way these companies make money with it smells like bullshit. Online advertising dollars has always been bullshit. Starting all the way back in the early days of the Web and banner…

  • Get off Telegram now

    When the ads start rolling your speech stops flowing. Telegram will have to convince advertisers that its audience is broad, which could be a challenge following reports that far-right groups and white supremacists flocked to the app after being banned from other platforms. Mr. Durov will also have to satisfy Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s…

  • If I had to work via Zoom

    I can barely use a cell phone with all the digital compression. I can’t imagine how bad it would be on a video call.

  • Fireside: another social platform you don’t need

    You may or may not have heard of Clubhouse. It’s all the rage in the social media space and is being closely watched by the podcast industry. I posted about this earlier. You didn’t need that service and you also don’t need the copycat Fireside. Let’s set aside the future lawsuit that may occur regarding…

  • What’s with amateur hour at the White House?

    They need to fire who ever is responsible for this horrific video production. Any kid with an iPhone and a table top tripod can do better than this.

  • What trick does Google have up its sleeve?

    The headline reads, “Google to Stop Selling Ads Based on Your Specific Web Browsing”. Do you believe that? I don’t. I believe that they have reached such ad space dominance that they’ve found a way to crush competitors. Their only concern is squeezing more dollars from connecting users to advertisers. The only reason for them…