Some Hard Hitting Quotes From A @netflix Documentary & #39;The Social Dilemma& #39;
– A THREAD
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(This thread will put a lasting thought on you about wether to use social media or not) #MyyThreads
– A THREAD
(This thread will put a lasting thought on you about wether to use social media or not) #MyyThreads
• Everything you are doing online is being tracked, watched every single action you take is monitored throughly.
• Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.
• Facebook discovered that they were able to defect real world behaviours and emotions without triggering the users awareness.
• If you are not paying for the product, you are the product.
Your attention is the product that is being sold to advertisers.
Your attention is the product that is being sold to advertisers.
• Typing... It is not used to save your time but to keep you engaged for longer.
• Social media isn& #39;t a tool waiting to be used. It has its own goals, and it has its own means of pursuing them by using your psychology against you.
• The technology that connects us also controls us.
• Exactly, what image you look at, for how long you look at, everything is tracked.
• We’ve created a world in which online connection has become primary.
And yet, in that world, anytime two people connect, the only way it’s financed is through a sneaky third person whose paying to manipulate those two people.
And yet, in that world, anytime two people connect, the only way it’s financed is through a sneaky third person whose paying to manipulate those two people.
• Social media isn& #39;t a tool waiting to be used. It has its own goals, and it has its own means of pursuing them by using your psychology against you.
• The platforms make it possible to spread manipulative narratives with phenomenal ease, and without very much money.