The Social Dilemma on Netflix

[Rocko]

Thanks, Rocko. That is good. It explains why we are so polarized in the country perfectly.
I did note that the "conversations" regarding this issue occur after all people on the screen occur after they have made their money.

Reason 651 I detest Zuckerburg.

It's Cooley's Looking Glass Self on speed.

Perception Is Reality: The Looking-Glass Self | Lesley University

lesley.edu

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You watched it?

 

[John T. Ford]

I cancelled my Netflix account.

I refuse to support the Left's agenda of normalizing pedophilia.

 

[Disir]

Thanks, Rocko. That is good. It explains why we are so polarized in the country perfectly.
I did note that the "conversations" regarding this issue occur after all people on the screen occur after they have made their money.

Reason 651 I detest Zuckerburg.

It's Cooley's Looking Glass Self on speed.

https://lesley.edu/Yrticle/perception-is-reality-the-looking-glass-self#:~:text=The%20looking%2Dglass%20self%20describes,worth%2C%20values%2C%20and%20behavior

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You watched it?

Yep.

 

[Missourian]

Is a chilling documentary about social media that I would recommend everyone watches.

No Netflix. What's the Cliff Notes version?

 

[John T. Ford]

No Netflix. What's the Cliff Notes version?

 

[Rocko]

Is a chilling documentary about social media that I would recommend everyone watches.

No Netflix. What's the Cliff Notes version?

it’s a documentary about how big tech companies are destroying lives. The perspectives are told by people who were formally big tech hotshots.

 

[Missourian]

Is a chilling documentary about social media that I would recommend everyone watches.

No Netflix. What's the Cliff Notes version?

it’s a documentary about how big tech companies are destroying lives. The perspectives are told by people who were formally big tech hotshots.

Thanks.

Off topic. How's your Mom doing?

 

[dblack]

Watched this last night. Most of the info presented in the documentary I already knew - but the key insight they highlighted wasn't really on my radar.

It was about the AI algorithms used to create a user's "feed". I was always aware they were using user info to target ads, and to serve up things that would interest the user.... But that last part is much more important than I realized. Far from just a service to the user, tailoring the feed exists to keep the user on the page, to hold their attention so they can be served more ads. Keeping the user engaged is more crucial to their revenue than getting them to click on ads. And here's the kicker.....

These AIs are using machine learning to constantly hone their effectiveness. They're "learning" ways to keep users on the pages that the stake holders and programmers aren't even aware of. They're simply told (they're coded) to do whatever they have to do to keep a user's attention. So, if you're worried about 'X' - it's gonna show you lots of 'X', if that keeps you reading and clicking. If it turns out a civil war will keep people more engaged on fb, fb will serve us up a civil war.

It's somewhat overstated I suppose, and the producers couldn't help themselves and slid in a lame pitch for socialism. But the problems highlighted are real and worth consideration.

 

[Papageorgio]

Why? What will I get from it?

I guarantee you it will be eye opening. It’s about the effects the social media business models is having on society’s.

Do they recommend to stay the hell away from USMB?

USMB’s impact on everything from geopolitics to space travel is undeniable. The documentary focuses on the smaller players like Facebook and Twitter

I can’t wait till Netflix does a documentary on the evils of USMB and it’s negative impacts on our society.

It will be the next Tiger King

Never heard of Tiger King. They trying to oust the lions from the throne?

 

[Rocko]

Is a chilling documentary about social media that I would recommend everyone watches.

No Netflix. What's the Cliff Notes version?

it’s a documentary about how big tech companies are destroying lives. The perspectives are told by people who were formally big tech hotshots.

Thanks.

Off topic. How's your Mom doing?

she’s doing great, man, thanks for asking

 

[Papageorgio]

I saw it last night, I knew a lot about what was going on. I post need to know stuff to my friends and family, am a part of several rockhounding groups and will read through those threads other than that, I might spend an hour a week on Facebook, I have a Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram but I haven't looked at those in years.

I agree with them using social media to spread misinformation, and causing a greater divide in the country. My daughter watched it and has shut down all her alerts other than a text message or phone call, she has limited her children's use of the phones and videos, the addiction issue can be a real issue for most.

I also joined and liked the "Social Dilemma Group" on Facebook. Only kidding.

 

[dblack]

I also joined and liked the "Social Dilemma Group" on Facebook. Only kidding.

LOL - funny. But honestly, that's probably the best way to reach people who are lost in Facebook.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

The one thing I thought unnecessary was the fictional, cheesy dramatization they threw in throughout the documentary.At times I felt like I was watching an after school special, but overall I learned a lot and it’s definitely given me a new perspective on social media

Me too.
It would have been a lot better without the dramatization. It was cheesy, unrealistic and dumb.
The show would have been a lot better if it would have been done without actors, and just illustrated it's points.
I made it through about 30 minutes or so before I quite watching because the acting was so dumb

 

[iamwhatiseem]

There is good social media, and there is bad. And most is bad.
The good is specific special interest forums. I go to a few forums on beer brewing for instance. The value is HUGE. SO much shared information for new brewers and experienced alike. That is good stuff.
The bad is about everything else. Instagram/Facebook/Twitter etc. are all absolutely terrible and extraordinarily bad for young kids.

 

[dblack]

There is good social media, and there is bad. And most is bad.
The good is specific special interest forums. I go to a few forums on beer brewing for instance. The value is HUGE. SO much shared information for new brewers and experienced alike. That is good stuff.
The bad is about everything else. Instagram/Facebook/Twitter etc. are all absolutely terrible and extraordinarily bad for young kids.

It's funny - I dumped television in favor of the internet twenty some years ago, specifically because I preferred a "pull" model for my media consumption, rather than the "push" model that broadcast television used. The latter just promotes passive, brain-dead media consumption where viewers are treated like empty vessels to be filled. I preferred controlling what I watched and when.

But now, FB, Twitter, etc... have brought back the push model, and people are sheeping it up again.

Just say "no"!

One quote, from the doc, that I did enjoy was this: "There are only two industries that refer to people as "users". Software vendors and drug dealers."