Burcu Yucesoy
@karhe.bsky.social
recovering physicist, easily amused
When we’re talking about cultural products and entertainment, asking people what they want and producing exactly that is a sure fire way to no-one actually liking your thing. Give people plenty of (diverse) options and observe what they gravitate towards, there’s the real knowledge.
February 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
When we’re talking about cultural products and entertainment, asking people what they want and producing exactly that is a sure fire way to no-one actually liking your thing. Give people plenty of (diverse) options and observe what they gravitate towards, there’s the real knowledge.
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companies listening to what people say they want instead of making art and just giving them something has been ruinous for games, movies and more for the last 10-15 years
I once worked on a visual novel game where all the surveys and focus groups said that nobody wanted romance, they only wanted mystery and sci-fi.
Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
'These kids do not care about romance': Game devs want to know what today's teens want, and surveys say sex and romance isn't it
Young people want stories about friendship more than romance, say researchers and industry execs.
www.pcgamer.com
February 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
companies listening to what people say they want instead of making art and just giving them something has been ruinous for games, movies and more for the last 10-15 years
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Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
January 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nice people are struggling over the revelations on Gaiman, and something I keep hearing is, 'His work had a big influence on how I shaped my own identity.' So here's something to remember:
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
You did that. He didn't do it for you. 1/
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Reflecting on the remarkable announcement from Meta today regarding content moderation. @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social & I & team had a recent paper looking at the diffusion of (mis)information on Facebook during the 2020 election. A few reflections...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
January 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Reflecting on the remarkable announcement from Meta today regarding content moderation. @sgonzalezbailon.bsky.social & I & team had a recent paper looking at the diffusion of (mis)information on Facebook during the 2020 election. A few reflections...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
This whole thread is worth a read, the linked articles and all. I’m saving these for the times the companies I’m consulting with go overboard with what they want to do with data.
Been thinking about that n+1 article on Netflix’s (over)use of metrics to create mediocre background fare and its overlap with this piece on how Nike went from a trendsetter to a mediocrity, also via the overuse of metrics: uxdesign.cc/nikes-25b-bl...
December 30, 2024 at 3:01 PM
This whole thread is worth a read, the linked articles and all. I’m saving these for the times the companies I’m consulting with go overboard with what they want to do with data.
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My favorite joke: what do cannon and canon have in common?
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They both destroy ships.
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They both destroy ships.
December 30, 2024 at 10:20 AM
My favorite joke: what do cannon and canon have in common?
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They both destroy ships.
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They both destroy ships.
Fascinating and timely thread about usage of public social media data in research:
Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
First dataset for the new @huggingface.bsky.social @bsky.app community organisation: one-million-bluesky-posts 🦋
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗
huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
November 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Fascinating and timely thread about usage of public social media data in research:
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I am so excited for this!
November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I am so excited for this!
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Tor Publishing Group and Tor UK are delighted to announce a joint, multi-book deal for 10 more books from author John Scalzi (@scalzi.com)!
The first book of the new contract is tentatively scheduled for 2029.
reactormag.com/tor-publishi...
The first book of the new contract is tentatively scheduled for 2029.
reactormag.com/tor-publishi...
Tor Publishing Group and Tor UK Announce Major Multi-Book Deal for Bestselling and Award-Winning Author John Scalzi - Reactor
Exciting news from the author of Old Man's War, The Kaiju Preservation Society, Starter Villain, and many more!
reactormag.com
July 29, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Tor Publishing Group and Tor UK are delighted to announce a joint, multi-book deal for 10 more books from author John Scalzi (@scalzi.com)!
The first book of the new contract is tentatively scheduled for 2029.
reactormag.com/tor-publishi...
The first book of the new contract is tentatively scheduled for 2029.
reactormag.com/tor-publishi...
So was Richard Madoc autobiographical then? :( #Sandman #theworldisbleaktoday
July 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM
So was Richard Madoc autobiographical then? :( #Sandman #theworldisbleaktoday
