Not knowing what a VPN doesn't exclude you from using one. Many workplaces use VPNs and it's likely that public internet access points (such as libraries, lounges, restaurants and cafes) could be using VPNs too.
Wikipedia says that Indonesia has an internet penetration rate of 50%. It might be reasonable to assume that a low penetration rate means that a significant amount of the internet access is happening in a work place rather than in a residential place. If a significant amount of access is happening at a work place it might also be reasonable to assume that a lot of that access is happening over a VPN.
> We do not participate in, or co-operate with, any kind of blanket surveillance or monitoring. (We also point out that Australia does not have any equivalent to the US National Security Letter, so we cannot be forced to do something without being allowed to disclose it.)
So while they cannot harvest data and then share it in bulk, they can access data in individual cases and share it with law enforcement.
99 percent invisible has a podcast discussing this issue with a designer who takes the opposite position. A main point is that a simple, reproducible logo is ideal.
Value is only realised by completed features, so a developer that can deliver completed, value producing features by themselves is a good thing. Teams should aim to have compositions of experts in single fields with developers who know enough in all fields. This way features can be owned by a single developer, pairing when needed.
Australia is an island so it has a fairly unique biodiversity. For international flights bringing in fruits is a concern since it can introduce pests that don't otherwise exist in Australia.
Australia is also a very large island, and the biodiversity of the east coast is very different to that of the west coast, so the same concerns apply. If you drive along the highways between states you'll see signs telling you to dispose of your fruit.
> According to the report, Instagram Stories has more than 200 million users per day, with that number being measured by people updating their story or watching a friend's.
I wonder what the number would be if those who only watched stories were excluded. Its also worth considering that Instagram delivers some of their announcements as stories and whether or not people viewing those also count towards the active user number.
This is very important. I watch Instagram and Snapchat stories every day. Instagram is 2 or 3 celebrity stories, then I scroll down to look at a few new pics. Snapchat is a constant stream of glimpses into the lives of my close friends.
edit: I'm curious if this is true only for my friend groups/demographic/principal component, poll here: http://www.strawpoll.me/12939274
Why? Their monetization strategy so far has been brand advertisement interspersed as vertical video ads between Stories. This doesn't require any particular kind of content, only that they can hold your attention for 10 seconds or so while they show you an advertisement.
Good point but I think the solution is not to gut their good user experience, but to figure out better monetization strategies. Because better user experience is about the only thing keeping them in the Game.
This thread is very interesting for me. I've never used Snapchat before, and I deleted my Facebook years ago. However I do use Instagram daily. The caveat there is that I've never viewed or have taken a story. Video just feels very odd and antithetical to the reason I use the platform (which is to post outdoor photos). I guess if I could upload high quality video to a story I'd be more interested in it.
Not to forget that for many, many users in emerging markets, the mobile carriers offer free data for WhatsApp. Traveling through Colombia, and I can use WhatsApp status for free over here. SnapChat kills my data.
I was about to write the same thing. Here in Sweden you often see adverts for telcos where they offer free data for Facebook usage and stuff like that. We're not a developing country and you'll get a fair bit of data at a reasonable cost here, so it's perhaps not as obvious how this skews things in favour of the big players, but it's there alright, and it's sad.
I really really really hope this does not happen. I already don't like how much data WhatsApp eats after downloading shared images and such. I want WhatsApp to be text and group text and thats IT.
I suspect it'd be pretty different. Stories are right at the top when you open the app and are used by quite a few celebs - that must inflate the numbers a lot.
Wikipedia says that Indonesia has an internet penetration rate of 50%. It might be reasonable to assume that a low penetration rate means that a significant amount of the internet access is happening in a work place rather than in a residential place. If a significant amount of access is happening at a work place it might also be reasonable to assume that a lot of that access is happening over a VPN.
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