Mads Hove
@madshovethy.bsky.social
Political Scientist, Postdoc Aarhus University | microtargeting, misinformation, polarization
I should have known there was a reason for something so unheard of!
September 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I should have known there was a reason for something so unheard of!
Hey, not cool, Hannes! 😡😡
September 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Hey, not cool, Hannes! 😡😡
And speaking of that terrible Target story, you should read this piece by @colin-fraser.net . medium.com/@colin.frase...
Target didn’t figure out a teen girl was pregnant before her father did
And that one article that said they did was silly and bad
medium.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
And speaking of that terrible Target story, you should read this piece by @colin-fraser.net . medium.com/@colin.frase...
Honestly, I think pushing stories like these does more harm than it does good to society — and it runs the errand of the social media platforms. See, for instance, kevinmunger.substack.com/p/the-algori...
“The Algorithm” is the only critique of “The Algorithm” that “The Algorithm” can produce
As I say in my TED Talk about Vilem Flusser, the most pressing cultural question is: “why are things so weird?” Or as Anna Shechtman describes it:
kevinmunger.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Honestly, I think pushing stories like these does more harm than it does good to society — and it runs the errand of the social media platforms. See, for instance, kevinmunger.substack.com/p/the-algori...
Yeah, that's also how I did it, but still felt like a can of worms where the slightest adjustments to the errors coming in the conversion process made the formatting go sideways 😭
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Yeah, that's also how I did it, but still felt like a can of worms where the slightest adjustments to the errors coming in the conversion process made the formatting go sideways 😭
Good point, Damian, thanks! And you’re right, definitely worth a try!
August 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Good point, Damian, thanks! And you’re right, definitely worth a try!
Exactly! Can't believe I am spending hours on converting something I spent hours making look good into something that does not
August 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Exactly! Can't believe I am spending hours on converting something I spent hours making look good into something that does not
Thank you my friend ❤️
July 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thank you my friend ❤️
Thanks, Alessandro! 🤠
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thanks, Alessandro! 🤠
Wahuuuu thanks Christina 🤩
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wahuuuu thanks Christina 🤩
Yes! Her: pure.uva.nl/ws/files/238...
pure.uva.nl
July 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yes! Her: pure.uva.nl/ws/files/238...
Wahuuuuuuu tillykke til dig og til DDC!
February 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wahuuuuuuu tillykke til dig og til DDC!