Hacker News with Generative AI: Online Behavior

"Am I the unethical one?" (2023) (dailynous.com)
“All I did was go to a website that is designed to facilitate cheating and set up a kind of camera to see who visited it.”
Ethics, Online Behavior, Privacy
8 points by Tomte 34 days ago | 1 comments
Internet freedom is fading in the new era of social control (bigthink.com)
Twenty years ago, the internet was a medium liberating people from state control. Now, the internet is increasingly seen as a threat triggering calls to restore state control over online behavior. The latest twist in this trend is the growing demand to criminally prosecute both users and platforms for unacceptable speech or behavior. How did we get here? 
Internet Freedom, Social Control, Censorship, Online Behavior
7 points by pseudolus 163 days ago | 0 comments
Why trolls, extremists, and others spread conspiracy theories they don't believe (theconversation.com)
There has been a lot of research on the types of people who believe conspiracy theories, and their reasons for doing so. But there’s a wrinkle: My colleagues and I have found that there are a number of people sharing conspiracies online who don’t believe their own content.
Social Psychology, Misinformation, Online Behavior, Conspiracy Theories
14 points by thunderbong 201 days ago | 3 comments
Ask HN: Is data privacy just all talk or does it affect your decisions? (ycombinator.com)
Data Privacy, Technology, Personal Choices, Online Behavior
12 points by kleiba 308 days ago | 40 comments
Stop Acting Like You're Famous (ajkprojects.com)
Social Media, Online Behavior, Self-Promotion
620 points by ashleynewman 374 days ago | 275 comments
Welcome to the Golden Age of User Hostility (theatlantic.com)
User Experience, Online Behavior, Social Media, Technology
24 points by paulpauper 379 days ago | 20 comments