As someone who loved OneNote, I love this. The way you wrote your About, Privacy, and Roadmap is unordinary and refreshing. Excited to see where this goes. Big Ups.
Facebook's real product isn't connecting people; it's redefining what human connection means. They proved emotional states transfer via algorithmic contagion¹, then industrialized it.
Graph Search could find anyone based on intimate details, but felt too predatory. So they embedded the same targeting into every interaction; News Feed, Groups, PYMK-recommendations. Same data harvesting, and behavioral influence with an invisible delivery. The brilliance was introducing Groups. It felt like organic community building, and it keeps enough people on Facebook for them to sell ads.
Two generations now think algorithmic feeds and sharing memes counts as socializing. Why predict and connect when you can nudge and influence?
TL;DR: "I'm disappointed that tech leaders prioritize their own interests and success over my political preferences. I'm now homeless because I mistook the map for the territory. Anyway, Portugal seems nice."
I use .md files. I've tried everything, your words feel like a question I once had. Reframe the problem; setup a system. Then commit. Incremental improvements will happen automatically. Do more with less.
> And though their algorithms can be cruel taskmasters, pushing drivers to drive recklessly fast, they are an improvement on gangmasters who used to match workers and employers.
> The final lesson, therefore, is that governments should rethink the social contract to make gig work as beneficial as possible