Comment on a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
what in the actual 1984 is that thumbnail
It’s showing cell phones as marionettes. Marionettes are sometimes used as idiom used to indicate that someone else is, behind the scenes, controlling something. Here, the company is controlling social media accounts.
yes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant “what the fuck”
tal@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
It’s showing cell phones as marionettes. Marionettes are sometimes used as idiom used to indicate that someone else is, behind the scenes, controlling something. Here, the company is controlling social media accounts.
seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
yes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant “what the fuck”