Facebook, Google and YouTube have become part of people's daily lives. Many users worry that their data will be sold as commodities by technology companies for profit, but in fact, the commercial interest of technology companies such as Facebook is not to sell these data, but to predict people’s behavior through these data. model. Netflix invited practitioners from Internet technology companies such as Facebook’s former business...
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By Verda 2022-06-08 13:46:37
After watching "Surveillance Capitalism"
A pretty good documentary. Get to the bottom of the dark side of contemporary Internet technology companies to the public and hit the core: these high-tech companies make users obsessed with their apps, treat users' attention as a commodity, and sell it to advertisers, which is an important source of income for companies. To capture more benefits, companies need to continuously increase the attention level of users, which will manipulate them and make... -
By Rubie 2022-04-23 07:03:01
Concerns about technological development
It coincides with some of the themes in a "A Brief History of Today" I read before, and it is also the author's view that the development of contemporary technology is facing an unprecedented crisis compared to the more lagging human nature. The first half aims to explain the sticky design of various social media to users, especially the youth groups with relatively low cognitive and judgment skills, making them addictive. The entire industry operates under a huge business...
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By Alberto 2022-04-22 07:01:39
To those dignity and freedom we can no longer lose
?"the social dilemma"/"Surveillance Capitalism: The Smart Trap"? ⚠️"If you don't pay for a product, you're a product being sold"⚠️ ?Each of our "views", "clicks", "likes" ” and “favorites” records will be stored as data? ? Calculated by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms? ? Finally, the most attractive push and advertisements will pop up for you? ? ?⌨️On the other end, is the recommendation algorithm verified by thousands of computers and tens of thousands of engineers through...
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By Tyrel 2022-04-22 07:01:39
Some Thoughts on "The Social Delimma"
1. Who is the subject, social media or us? It seems that social media gives users of every platform an opportunity to speak up, giving each of us the opportunity to become a subject. Under the model of algorithms and big data, we are shaped, manipulated and disciplined subjects. There doesn't seem to be a choice, it's like a Zizek joke: coffee or milk? Actually we need neither coffee nor milk, we need a free choice not a given. 2. Is it possible for us to discover the truth? Alan Badiou...
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By Layne 2022-04-22 07:01:39
To reduce involuntary use of Weibo and WeChat. as a waste of time
But everyone uses social platforms, and online communication has become the basic and only way to communicate with peers. Can Gen Z choose not to use it?
There is no need to quit completely.
the need to stay connected is so strong. but are we really connected?
Please support as much offline communication as possible. Although online...
