Had someone recommend this to me...in person.
https://www.netflix.com/title/812542...=13747225&t=cp
I would encourage everyone to watch it and take it into consideration and form your own conclusions.
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Had someone recommend this to me...in person.
https://www.netflix.com/title/812542...=13747225&t=cp
I would encourage everyone to watch it and take it into consideration and form your own conclusions.
case in point
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A 1.5 hour video? No thank you. No mater what it's about. That's like watching the idiot box/I mean TV. Sorry bro. Ain't happening.
I know it's not short but I think worth the time. We should all be aware of how social media effects us and our children and grandchildren. A lot of the problems in our country...in our world are because of a thing we allow to happen and most of us don't even realize it is happening. We allow a machine to effect our behavior and environment which has no sense of compassion or remorse and no moral compass and we not only allow it, we invite it.
I have no interest in watching it however I've said for years now social media is in great part a very bad thing. It's a place where those who used to live under a rock somewhere now have come out and can spew their nonsense and influence the masses and once it churns millions see it and believe it. Once that happens the actual facts don't matter.
All that so folks can keep in touch with friends? What's wrong with E mails and the telephone?
It's a monster that has gotten out of control.
That's not even the half of it. And here we see first hand an example of how this AI monster has gotten away from us. People are disinterested as long as they are fat and happy satiating whatever their jolly is. Don't get me wrong. I'm not pointing fingers. I am convicted by my own words. I think we all are. Think about these 2 things. 1) The social media AI deliberately addicts people and it is constantly getting better at it. Only 2 organizations call their customers "users," illegal drug dealers and social media. If you don't pay for the product you are the product. 2) The rate of teenage depression and suicide has increased 56% since the advent of social media. These things plus the fact that we have voluntarily made ourselves dependent on a device that constantly watches and listens to everything we say, watch, browse, buy and read should scare the daylights out of all of us.
...oh yeah. You can say, and I'm sure some people will, "But I don't even use social media." If you are reading this, yes you do.
No need to blame social media, we all have the choice to use or not, so I don’t see the problem as for the younger generation falling apart, maybe, but my grandkids haven’t experienced any issues, just very normal hard working members of society
Well, ya know. Sorry I tried to share something enlightening and important.
I may check it out. But I'd say that we are not customers, we are the product. The customers are the ones buying all our data.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
12 trackers on this page ready to profile us :o
Stephen Hawking would agree with you.
The Internet is a snakepit and everyone is tracked and all the info is sliced and diced and distributed.
If you are Internet savvy and understand how it works and how to use it you can make money, a lot of money. There are many folks out there who are multi millionaires because of it. Many, probably most are very young and never worked a day in their lives.
But that is a different story apart from the social media issue. Using those sites make it too easy to foment all kinds of bad things. You can bully people, start rumors, use it to direct everything imaginable.
Unfortunately we live in a world where a lot of folks seem to be missing large amounts of Grey Matter in their heads and have no ability for any critical thinking.
I am not sure what that film covered, but it could easily be a 10 part series. But to be fair, there are good things, too. I read about how social media was helping people cope with the isolation of the pandemic lockdowns. I think it was an article by a phycologist and not a scientific study, but the debate between the benefits and harms done with social media can be a long thread. And, like most debates on the internet would be light on the science and heavy on personal experiences.
Thanks for sharing the link Paul. I hope to have time to watch it soon. It's one reason i don't have a smart phone. Nothing more irritating than going to a friends house who can hardly put her phone down to have a conversation. Not to mention the censoring of those with opposing political views to those who run the social media platforms (but maybe that's a whole other can of worms).
Discussing social media apps is rather elementary because it's very big business and it's not going anywhere. The only question is at what point does the Govt get involved to control it and to what degree.
Not a cans of worms at all. Nothing wrong with censoring messages espousing hate and violence and other unproven ramblings like G5 networks spreading Covid 19.Quote:
Originally Posted by tintin
Bob
Also, in the US (not sure about other countries) they need to track political ads like the requirements for TV stations to make sure they are not coming from illegal sources.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobH
Unfortuneatly they don't just stick to censoring hate and violence or conspiracys. A couple of the commentators i watch are regularly demonitized or blocked just for sharing a more concervative opinion. The platforms can have a huge impact on elections also.
This film was a documentary with a dramatized portion as a demo of the points they made. The people ringing the warning bells were insiders and investors and they mostly said the same things: this started out as, and still is a good thing. The problem is the unintended consequences. It's rather orwellian and a case of life imitating art.
