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The PUMP.NETWORK experiment: using gambling to calculate trust

In 1998, Larry Page introduced PageRank, a network-based algorithm that measured the importance of web pages by analyzing how they linked to one another. It was a breakthrough: instead of relying on keyword matching alone, PageRank treated the web as a graph of endorsements. That idea became the foundation of Google and reshaped how information is organized online. Over time, PageRank evolved far beyond search. Variants of the algorithm now support spam detection in Gmail and Outlook, Sybil resi

Show HN: Facebook Album Downloader

Facebook Album Downloader: Save all Facebook albums or any individual album in one click. Quick FB photo and album downloader.

Overnight Cable News Ratings: Nov. 7-9 Networks Covered End of Government Shutdown

CNN and MSNBC offered continuous coverage on Sunday evening.

AI Is Changing Human Behavior: How to Prepare

Is AI fundamentally changing human behavior in ways that might surprise you? Wondering how your marketing should change? In this article, you'll discover how AI is transforming human behavior and learn how to prepare your content marketing for a rapidly changing reality. Why Understanding AI's Impact on Human Behavior Matters for Marketers The rise of […]The post AI Is Changing Human Behavior: How to Prepare appeared first on Social Media Examiner.

A Dunkin’ Munchkin Is the Brand’s Unlikely Festive Hero

Great happiness can come in the smallest packages, as Dunkin’ reminds people in a heartwarming children’s tale for the holiday season. Dunkin’s new campaign, “The Little Holiday Munchkin,” is an […]

Adtech Firm Agentio Raises $40 Million to Make Creator Marketing More Programmatic

Funding for startups that change how ads are bought is growing.

ComplexCon Generates $25 Million, Brings in 70,000 After First Full Year Under Ntwrk

The festival is the centerpiece of a commercial model built on events, commerce, and video.

Advertisers Can Buy NBCU Streaming Ads Using Albertsons’ Shopper Data

The deal expands the grocer's upper-funnel ad offerings.

Adcolor’s Conference Shrinks, But Its Message Got Louder

A hostile political climate and economic volatility gutted budgets, but attendees were determined to adapt and keep pushing.

Amazon’s Next Ad War

At the tech giant's annual ad conference, execs laid out a 2026 strategy.

As Facebook Reveals Dark Posts, Twitter Keeps Them Hidden

Twitter isn't quite ready to commit to full transparency around “dark" political ads.

This Police Department Has Figured Out A Daffy Way To Get Thousands Of Facebook Followers

And its name is the Duck of Justice.

Shady Marketplaces Selling Fake Facebook Profiles Operate In Plain Sight

Thirty minutes and a little bitcoin can buy you an army of believable Facebook users.

Facebook Stock Hits An All-Time High

The company's shares have now nearly doubled their IPO price.

This 29-Year-Old's "Tinder For Elitists" Just Raised Over $2 Million

Members have to be accomplished and educated to get past The League's digital velvet rope.

Here's What You Need To Know About Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony Before Congress About Facebook

The social network's CEO spent hours answering senators' questions about privacy, data breaches, and user rights Tuesday.

This Mother Broke The Internet With A Facebook Apology For Her Children's Behaviour In The Cinema

Kyesha Smith Wood says her children are "mortified" after she taught them a lesson by going viral on Facebook.

Instagram Vs. Real Life

There are some things in life you just can't filter.

I Made A Facebook Profile, Started Liking Right-Wing Pages, And Radicalized My News Feed In Four Days

As an experiment, I hit the like button on the pages of a few Republican politicians and all of a sudden I found myself in a very different part of Facebook than I was used to.

What Facebook Used To Look Like Vs. What It Looks Like Now

*watches two hours of cooking videos I know I'll never try to make*