The algorithm knew I was expecting before I had had a chance to tell my family, friends or GP. At first, I was served up joyful videos. Then the tone became much darker ...
This entire article is weird and made me uncomfortable. Almost like it was written by AI. Then there’s quotes like this,
I uninstalled the apps through tears. But they were soon reinstalled, when the needs of work, friendships and habit dictated they must be.
Like do some of yalls hear yourselves? You sound like fucking drug addicts. (Except at least with drugs there’s a high…) So fucking weird how obsessive social media use is normalized with shit like this. Like if your feed is regularly showing you dead baby videos, get the fuck off the internet.
People like this simply should not be on social media much if at all. Clearly she can’t handle it. I couldn’t either btw and deleted all socials back in 2018.
In the article she likens it to being radicalized and I think she hit the nail on the head. These algorithms are chasing engagement and they get it. Whether that be from someone strapping on a vest, shooting up a soft target or making pregnant women scared. Same shit. Advertisers don’t care. There is no worldwide conspiracy to destroy society. These methods are byproducts of the converging interests of attention buyers and attention sellers. As human resources, we return from being mined for our labor to come home and be mined for our attention.
This entire article is weird and made me uncomfortable. Almost like it was written by AI. Then there’s quotes like this,
Like do some of yalls hear yourselves? You sound like fucking drug addicts. (Except at least with drugs there’s a high…) So fucking weird how obsessive social media use is normalized with shit like this. Like if your feed is regularly showing you dead baby videos, get the fuck off the internet.
People like this simply should not be on social media much if at all. Clearly she can’t handle it. I couldn’t either btw and deleted all socials back in 2018.
In the article she likens it to being radicalized and I think she hit the nail on the head. These algorithms are chasing engagement and they get it. Whether that be from someone strapping on a vest, shooting up a soft target or making pregnant women scared. Same shit. Advertisers don’t care. There is no worldwide conspiracy to destroy society. These methods are byproducts of the converging interests of attention buyers and attention sellers. As human resources, we return from being mined for our labor to come home and be mined for our attention.
Well they are addicts.
It’s just that rampant running business malpractice is normalized and not kept in check.