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• rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  to assume I am manipulated

  what exactly do you think targeted advertising is? and by looking at the revenue of big tech, do you think it succeeds at that?

  I know algorithms don’t have a profile on me

  we already established they do.

  algorithm designers aren’t specifically supervillains

  Watch something like “the social dilemma”. why do YOU think silicon valley hires psychologists for app design? Do you think it’s ethical to try and get people addicted to your product?

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  • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m sure it succeeds at times. There’s a lot of dumb people. However, I don’t see how that’s an algorithm’s fault and not the dumb person’s fault.

    “The social dilemma” is absurd conspiracy shit lmao. C’mon man don’t tell me you believed that shit. Wait til you discover “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Moon”

    I’m not gonna debunk the whole show (I’ll link one instead) but they hire psychologists because they’re pursuing engagement. I have no issue with that. Psychologists work a lot of jobs you wouldn’t expect. Psychology (and Philosophy) are actually strong undergrads for people who want Finance careers too.

    Debunk: …medium.com/why-the-social-dilemma-is-wrong-17d8b…

    And another if you can’t get past the above paywall: cbc.ca/…/netflix-social-dilemma-tech-1.5740351

    Talk about being manipulated, my dude.

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    • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m not sure what kind of background you have. Sure that movie is complex things ‘dumbed down’. It’s a movie.

      What’s the difference between your “pursuing engagement” and my “get people addicted”. Fact is they carefully design apps to make them engaging. Play a tiktok video just in the right moment to keep you scrolling. sometimes even videos you dislike to invoke feelings. invent karma to keep you invested in your account. fine tune gameification to give rewards to your brain in exactly the right moments to keep you either engaged or buy in-game currency.

      There’s a lot of dumb people.

      And lots of the psychological tricks and methods are designed to be subtle enough to go unnoticed and not interfere.

      And what about all the other arguments?

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      • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Habits and addictions are not the same thing, which is clearly discussed in the articles I linked that I am now very aware you didn’t read.

        Perhaps instead of asking me for arguments, read the shit I posted?

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