Peggy K
@peggyk.bsky.social
Technophile. OnEBoard member. Google product expert for YouTube, AdSense, Blogger, Meet & Chat. I blog at peggyktc.com
This is really concerning. As Scott Shambaugh points out, it doesn't matter if the AI was prompted to write the hit piece or not.
"This is about our systems of reputation, identity, and trust breaking down."
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
"This is about our systems of reputation, identity, and trust breaking down."
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened
Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
theshamblog.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is really concerning. As Scott Shambaugh points out, it doesn't matter if the AI was prompted to write the hit piece or not.
"This is about our systems of reputation, identity, and trust breaking down."
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
"This is about our systems of reputation, identity, and trust breaking down."
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
YouTube's Nate Koechley and Matthew Darby
“what users say they want doesn’t always match what actually makes them happy on the platform"
"[they're] exploring ways to give viewers more agency and control, including the possibility of using natural language to tune your feed"
“what users say they want doesn’t always match what actually makes them happy on the platform"
"[they're] exploring ways to give viewers more agency and control, including the possibility of using natural language to tune your feed"
Nate Koechley and Matthew Darby: YouTube's UX Director and Director of PM on redesigning one of the world's most-used apps
Episode 164 of the Design Better Podcast
designbetterpodcast.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:41 PM
YouTube's Nate Koechley and Matthew Darby
“what users say they want doesn’t always match what actually makes them happy on the platform"
"[they're] exploring ways to give viewers more agency and control, including the possibility of using natural language to tune your feed"
“what users say they want doesn’t always match what actually makes them happy on the platform"
"[they're] exploring ways to give viewers more agency and control, including the possibility of using natural language to tune your feed"
New this week:
▶ Discord age verification
▶ Threads For You feed customization
▶ AdSense Vignette Ad triggers
▶ YouTube automatically enables captions on mute
▶ Animate Facebook profile image and post backgrounds
▶ TikTok US Local Feed requires precise location opt-in
▶ Discord age verification
▶ Threads For You feed customization
▶ AdSense Vignette Ad triggers
▶ YouTube automatically enables captions on mute
▶ Animate Facebook profile image and post backgrounds
▶ TikTok US Local Feed requires precise location opt-in
Creator Weekly: Discord Age Verification, Threads For You Customization, AdSense Vignette Triggers
New this week: Discord requires age verification, Dear Algo customization of Threads, new AdSense Vignette Triggers, YouTube captions on mute and more
www.peggyktc.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
New this week:
▶ Discord age verification
▶ Threads For You feed customization
▶ AdSense Vignette Ad triggers
▶ YouTube automatically enables captions on mute
▶ Animate Facebook profile image and post backgrounds
▶ TikTok US Local Feed requires precise location opt-in
▶ Discord age verification
▶ Threads For You feed customization
▶ AdSense Vignette Ad triggers
▶ YouTube automatically enables captions on mute
▶ Animate Facebook profile image and post backgrounds
▶ TikTok US Local Feed requires precise location opt-in
You can manage YouTube live stream monetization from third party platforms.
Stream yard just added this option and Restream added a similar feature last month.
Your YouTube channel must have monetization with ads enabled to use this feature.
Details
http://new.streamyar...
restream.io/learn/wh...
Stream yard just added this option and Restream added a similar feature last month.
Your YouTube channel must have monetization with ads enabled to use this feature.
Details
http://new.streamyar...
restream.io/learn/wh...
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
You can manage YouTube live stream monetization from third party platforms.
Stream yard just added this option and Restream added a similar feature last month.
Your YouTube channel must have monetization with ads enabled to use this feature.
Details
http://new.streamyar...
restream.io/learn/wh...
Stream yard just added this option and Restream added a similar feature last month.
Your YouTube channel must have monetization with ads enabled to use this feature.
Details
http://new.streamyar...
restream.io/learn/wh...
Search Off the Record: Do you still need a website in 2026?
Google’s Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes discuss information discovery, monetization, the benefit when “you own the house”, social media and why "it depends".
Transcript and podcast links:
search-off-the-recor...
Google’s Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes discuss information discovery, monetization, the benefit when “you own the house”, social media and why "it depends".
Transcript and podcast links:
search-off-the-recor...
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Search Off the Record: Do you still need a website in 2026?
Google’s Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes discuss information discovery, monetization, the benefit when “you own the house”, social media and why "it depends".
Transcript and podcast links:
search-off-the-recor...
Google’s Martin Splitt and Gary Illyes discuss information discovery, monetization, the benefit when “you own the house”, social media and why "it depends".
Transcript and podcast links:
search-off-the-recor...
Twitch is testing pause ads: ads that appear at the bottom and side of the screen when the viewer pauses the stream. When the stream is un-paused, the ads disappear.
www.tubefilter.com/2...
www.tubefilter.com/2...
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Twitch is testing pause ads: ads that appear at the bottom and side of the screen when the viewer pauses the stream. When the stream is un-paused, the ads disappear.
www.tubefilter.com/2...
www.tubefilter.com/2...
There are new triggers for AdSense vignette ads, which you can opt your site out of.
These are overlay ads that pop up when people navigate between pages on your site. New triggers include the browser back button and pausing after scrolling the full page.
Get details: support.google.com/a...
These are overlay ads that pop up when people navigate between pages on your site. New triggers include the browser back button and pausing after scrolling the full page.
Get details: support.google.com/a...
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 AM
There are new triggers for AdSense vignette ads, which you can opt your site out of.
These are overlay ads that pop up when people navigate between pages on your site. New triggers include the browser back button and pausing after scrolling the full page.
Get details: support.google.com/a...
These are overlay ads that pop up when people navigate between pages on your site. New triggers include the browser back button and pausing after scrolling the full page.
Get details: support.google.com/a...
February 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Now you can save your Bluesky posts in progress as drafts!
February 9, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Now you can save your Bluesky posts in progress as drafts!
Reposted by Peggy K
Tech Topic 80
🆕 The Google AI Plus plan has just becfme available globally.
2️⃣ Translate a PDF file by uploading it to Google Translate.
3️⃣ Google's research on AI personalized textbooks, a demo on Google's "Learn Your Way" site.
news.oneboard.network/2026/02/tech...
#TechTopic #3Tips10Min
🆕 The Google AI Plus plan has just becfme available globally.
2️⃣ Translate a PDF file by uploading it to Google Translate.
3️⃣ Google's research on AI personalized textbooks, a demo on Google's "Learn Your Way" site.
news.oneboard.network/2026/02/tech...
#TechTopic #3Tips10Min
Tech Topic 80: Google AI Plus Family Plans, PDF Translation, Google "Learn Your Way"
In this week's episode of OnEBoard Tech Topic Peggy, Nina and Bob have tips for getting Google's cheapest AI plan, translating PDFs, an...
news.oneboard.network
February 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Tech Topic 80
🆕 The Google AI Plus plan has just becfme available globally.
2️⃣ Translate a PDF file by uploading it to Google Translate.
3️⃣ Google's research on AI personalized textbooks, a demo on Google's "Learn Your Way" site.
news.oneboard.network/2026/02/tech...
#TechTopic #3Tips10Min
🆕 The Google AI Plus plan has just becfme available globally.
2️⃣ Translate a PDF file by uploading it to Google Translate.
3️⃣ Google's research on AI personalized textbooks, a demo on Google's "Learn Your Way" site.
news.oneboard.network/2026/02/tech...
#TechTopic #3Tips10Min
Discord will use the teen-appropriate experience by default, starting in March.
Age verification will be required to change communication settings, access sensitive content or speak on stage.
Options will be "privacy forward" video selfies or document submission.
Age verification will be required to change communication settings, access sensitive content or speak on stage.
Options will be "privacy forward" video selfies or document submission.
Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13.
discord.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Discord will use the teen-appropriate experience by default, starting in March.
Age verification will be required to change communication settings, access sensitive content or speak on stage.
Options will be "privacy forward" video selfies or document submission.
Age verification will be required to change communication settings, access sensitive content or speak on stage.
Options will be "privacy forward" video selfies or document submission.
New this week:
▶ YouTube auto-dubbing expansion
▶ Twitch Business Manager role
▶ Google Vids teleprompter, transcript trim and styled captions
▶ Google Discover Core Update to reduce clickbait
▶ Adobe Animate gets a reprieve
All this week's updates:
▶ YouTube auto-dubbing expansion
▶ Twitch Business Manager role
▶ Google Vids teleprompter, transcript trim and styled captions
▶ Google Discover Core Update to reduce clickbait
▶ Adobe Animate gets a reprieve
All this week's updates:
Creator Weekly: YouTube Auto-Dubbing Expansion, Twitch Business Managers, Google Discover Core Update
New the week: YouTube auto-dubbing for all, Twitch Business Manager role, Google Vids features, less Google Discover clickbait, Adobe Animate reprieve
www.peggyktc.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
New this week:
▶ YouTube auto-dubbing expansion
▶ Twitch Business Manager role
▶ Google Vids teleprompter, transcript trim and styled captions
▶ Google Discover Core Update to reduce clickbait
▶ Adobe Animate gets a reprieve
All this week's updates:
▶ YouTube auto-dubbing expansion
▶ Twitch Business Manager role
▶ Google Vids teleprompter, transcript trim and styled captions
▶ Google Discover Core Update to reduce clickbait
▶ Adobe Animate gets a reprieve
All this week's updates:
"Googlebot crawls the first 2MB of a supported file type, and the first 64MB of a PDF file ... each resource referenced in the HTML (such as CSS and JavaScript) is fetched separately, and each resource fetch is bound by the same file size limit..."
www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-fi...
www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-fi...
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"Googlebot crawls the first 2MB of a supported file type, and the first 64MB of a PDF file ... each resource referenced in the HTML (such as CSS and JavaScript) is fetched separately, and each resource fetch is bound by the same file size limit..."
www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-fi...
www.seroundtable.com/googlebot-fi...
YouTube auto-dubbing updates:
* Available to all channels
* 27 languages →English, English → 20 languages
* Expressive Speech in 8 languages
* Automatic Smart Filtering (won't dub when it shouldn't)
* Won't harm discovery of the video in original language
* Available to all channels
* 27 languages →English, English → 20 languages
* Expressive Speech in 8 languages
* Automatic Smart Filtering (won't dub when it shouldn't)
* Won't harm discovery of the video in original language
Unlocking a global audience with auto dubbing
YouTube is expanding its auto dubbing tool to 27 languages to help people watch content from around the world. These updates include expressive speech to capture a creator's original tone, a lip sync pilot for realistic visuals, and new settings that let you choose your preferred language for every video.
blog.youtube
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
YouTube auto-dubbing updates:
* Available to all channels
* 27 languages →English, English → 20 languages
* Expressive Speech in 8 languages
* Automatic Smart Filtering (won't dub when it shouldn't)
* Won't harm discovery of the video in original language
* Available to all channels
* 27 languages →English, English → 20 languages
* Expressive Speech in 8 languages
* Automatic Smart Filtering (won't dub when it shouldn't)
* Won't harm discovery of the video in original language
Google Vids is expanding access to some formerly premium video editing features to all users (both Workspace & personal accounts):
* Read-along teleprompter
* Transcript trim editing
* Styled captions
workspaceupdates.goo...
* Read-along teleprompter
* Transcript trim editing
* Styled captions
workspaceupdates.goo...
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Google Vids is expanding access to some formerly premium video editing features to all users (both Workspace & personal accounts):
* Read-along teleprompter
* Transcript trim editing
* Styled captions
workspaceupdates.goo...
* Read-along teleprompter
* Transcript trim editing
* Styled captions
workspaceupdates.goo...
Reposted by Peggy K
Fascinating research on how often and for what reasons female economists are interrupted while presenting their work. Obviously this has applications outside economics. Nice to see actual hard data backing this up, instead of being gaslit about how it's all in our minds.
Here’s what they found:
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Fascinating research on how often and for what reasons female economists are interrupted while presenting their work. Obviously this has applications outside economics. Nice to see actual hard data backing this up, instead of being gaslit about how it's all in our minds.
Seems like tools developed by the people who use them are more likely to take off, especially for platforms that don't expect to have millions of users.
“If and when collaboration starts to really take off, it won’t be because someone built some whizzy new tech.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/a-sc...
A scrappy story-sharing tool with local newsroom DNA gains traction
Plucky Wire was incubated in an unlikely place for a journalism technology: the tiny Granite State News Collaborative. Now, it's being used by hundreds of outlets countrywide.
www.niemanlab.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Seems like tools developed by the people who use them are more likely to take off, especially for platforms that don't expect to have millions of users.
New this week:
▶ US TikTok’s painful transition
▶ Global Google AI Plus subscriptions
▶ Project Genie generates 3D worlds in real time
▶ Patreon requires move to subscription billing
▶ StreamElements set up tip jar to “keep it free”
▶ US TikTok’s painful transition
▶ Global Google AI Plus subscriptions
▶ Project Genie generates 3D worlds in real time
▶ Patreon requires move to subscription billing
▶ StreamElements set up tip jar to “keep it free”
Creator Weekly: US TikTok Problems, Project Genie 3D Worlds, StreamElements Tip Jar
New: Problems with the switch to US TikTok, Google’s Project Genie generates 3D worlds, Patreon moves to subscription billing, StreamElements tip jar.
www.peggyktc.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:25 PM
New this week:
▶ US TikTok’s painful transition
▶ Global Google AI Plus subscriptions
▶ Project Genie generates 3D worlds in real time
▶ Patreon requires move to subscription billing
▶ StreamElements set up tip jar to “keep it free”
▶ US TikTok’s painful transition
▶ Global Google AI Plus subscriptions
▶ Project Genie generates 3D worlds in real time
▶ Patreon requires move to subscription billing
▶ StreamElements set up tip jar to “keep it free”
What do you know about the new US TikTok? Take this week’s quiz. www.youtube.com/post...
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 AM
What do you know about the new US TikTok? Take this week’s quiz. www.youtube.com/post...
"100% free forever" is laudable, but not sustainable.
StreamElements has launched a donation campaign aimed at helping the company continue offering their service for free.
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 PM
"100% free forever" is laudable, but not sustainable.
Reposted by Peggy K
Hear him! and put your creative stuff on your on site outside of social media.
This is where I remind folks once again that my personal site and Whatever, my blog, have been around longer than at least three and probably four generations of social media. Having your own space that only you control is a good thing, especially in an age of resurgent fascism.
Owned by right wing billionaire fascist supporters and/or welcoming to fascists:
X
Instagram
Facebook
Threads
WhatsApp
TikTok
Substack
Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.
X
Threads
TikTok
Substack
Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.
January 28, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Hear him! and put your creative stuff on your on site outside of social media.
Reposted by Peggy K
Australian startup UpScrolled has been attracting users globally over the past few weeks.
It offers an Instagram-meets-TikTok experience but prioritizes authentic connection over algorithms.
It is currently the #2 in the US, #2 in the UK, and #3 in the Australian App Stores.
It offers an Instagram-meets-TikTok experience but prioritizes authentic connection over algorithms.
It is currently the #2 in the US, #2 in the UK, and #3 in the Australian App Stores.
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Australian startup UpScrolled has been attracting users globally over the past few weeks.
It offers an Instagram-meets-TikTok experience but prioritizes authentic connection over algorithms.
It is currently the #2 in the US, #2 in the UK, and #3 in the Australian App Stores.
It offers an Instagram-meets-TikTok experience but prioritizes authentic connection over algorithms.
It is currently the #2 in the US, #2 in the UK, and #3 in the Australian App Stores.
I'm seeing multiple complaints that the new US TikTok is killing the reach of peaceful protest related videos. Which I guess shouldn't be a surprise.
Either something is broken because they are retraining the algorithm, or it's intentional. Both are bad.
www.threads.com/@thurber_sho...
Either something is broken because they are retraining the algorithm, or it's intentional. Both are bad.
www.threads.com/@thurber_sho...
Eric Thurber (@thurber_shots) on Threads
Update in my protest post on TikTok, after 24 hours in “review” it was released today and has 1 view, which means they’ve killed the reach of it. For the record, the exact same post is currently sitti...
www.threads.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I'm seeing multiple complaints that the new US TikTok is killing the reach of peaceful protest related videos. Which I guess shouldn't be a surprise.
Either something is broken because they are retraining the algorithm, or it's intentional. Both are bad.
www.threads.com/@thurber_sho...
Either something is broken because they are retraining the algorithm, or it's intentional. Both are bad.
www.threads.com/@thurber_sho...
TikTok alternative Skylight can also stream videos from Bluesky because of its AT Protocol integration.
I know social graphs almost always pull people back to the largest mass, but if you make shortform content, please consider trying Skylight as a TikTok alternative right now techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/t...
TikTok alternative Skylight soars to 380K+ users after TikTok U.S. deal finalized | TechCrunch
Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on open protocols, has had a busy weekend.
techcrunch.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:09 PM
TikTok alternative Skylight can also stream videos from Bluesky because of its AT Protocol integration.
An interesting and not overly technical talk about how YouTube is using Gemini for its recommendation systems.
It takes into account video title, description, transcript and info from sampled frames. Plus user demographics, and watch and engagement history.
It takes into account video title, description, transcript and info from sampled frames. Plus user demographics, and watch and engagement history.
Teaching Gemini to Speak YouTube: Adapting LLMs for Video Recommendations to 2B+DAU - Devansh Tandon
YouTube recommendations drive the majority of video watch time for billions of daily users. Traditionally powered by large embedding models (LEMs), we're undertaking a fundamental shift: rebuilding our recommendation stack using foundation models like Gemini. This talk dives into our engineering jou
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
An interesting and not overly technical talk about how YouTube is using Gemini for its recommendation systems.
It takes into account video title, description, transcript and info from sampled frames. Plus user demographics, and watch and engagement history.
It takes into account video title, description, transcript and info from sampled frames. Plus user demographics, and watch and engagement history.