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User, it appears you are trying to upload a photo displaying negative emotions. Please upload a new photo expressing a happiness quotient of at least .75 as per

User, it appears you are trying to upload a photo displaying negative emotions. Please upload a new photo expressing a happiness quotient of at least .75 as per terms and conditions.

ankushnarula 9y ago
Excellent. But more likely this user will see an uptick in ads for self-help products and antidepressants.
- pasbesoin 9y ago
  And lose their jobs, mortgages, insurance, etc., to low scoring resulting from data mining.
- dwringer 9y ago
  I wonder more about how this data affects what the people they know see.
  - forgotmysn 9y ago
    i would be surprised if it did. from my limited knowledge of targeted advertising, the ads aren't based on network data but individual behavior.
- honestoHeminway 9y ago
  People who have bought black and white posters also bought rope. Our only rope now for only 0.42 €.
wink 9y ago
Trust the Computer. The Computer is Your Friend.
ringaroundthetx 9y ago
Please read the article and contribute something useful instead of your off-broadway Black Mirror episode. The algorithm didn't focus much on emotions of the subjects in the photos.
- surrey-fringe 9y ago
  I thought it was funny.
  - monksy 9y ago
    Being funny is verboten here. 0/5 stars.
    - ringaroundthetx 9y ago
      It is when the mods wake up, just trying to help you guys out. I've seen things moderated for less, they don't want clever quips they don't want reddit
      - have_faith 9y ago
        To be honest I expected it to sit at the bottom of the page half greyed out.
- revmoo 9y ago
  Rude...
AndrewKemendo 9y ago
It's possible and mutually beneficial to instead send that user targeted ads for therapy, suicide hotline etc...which is effectively what happens. The cynical dystopian insinuation around technology, on a technology site no less, is getting old.
- cirgue 9y ago
  >The cynical dystopian insinuation around technology, on a technology site no less, is getting old. A technology site is exactly the place for cynicism about technology. The idea of seeing an ad for a suicide hotilne on a social media site is even more distopian than the op's crack about mandatory happiness.
  - AndrewKemendo 9y ago
    A technology site is exactly the place for cynicism about technology. I disagree, because I think we need to be the idealists and drivers instead of those pushing back, but I also don't think yours is necessarily an unreasonable position to have. The idea of seeing an ad for a suicide hotilne on a social media site is even more distopian than the op's crack about mandatory happiness I'm not sure I follow why. Ideally an offline social network (like your friends and family) would correctly infer your mental state from interactions and be able to intervene appropriately. A digital social network, where your friends and family, as well as the digital homunculus are all observing your activity should be able to infer your mental state as well, if not better than the offline system and intervene where necessary as well.
    - thinkfurther 9y ago
      Except the network can't compare with non-members, so it can't even assess whether it itself is part of the problem, and whether the social network committing suicide would be the best intervention of all. That's just unthinkable. It's like trying to make a TV show that makes people happy, instead of encouraging them to turn off their TV which is likely to have drastically better results. You can write a script about turning off the TV, you can have a show about people who hate their TV and are heroes, but you cannot not make an episode, the network has no slot for that. When I see Zuckerberg's fake, forced smile, I see a person trapped under there somewhere crying for help. I don't even mean this in a snarky way, I don't hate the guy, and I'm interested in the "Bill Gates transformation of being less insecure". But still, anyone near that and oblivious to it should read and listen when it comes to mental health, not talk and certainly not write algorithms that "intervene". If FB was able to want to help with it on any meaningful level, it would either disband or change drastically, and not have "be middleman for everything" as goal number one like so many do. > idealists and drivers instead of those pushing back You say this like there is a train, and it either moves or doesn't. Instead it's a multi-dimensional space with a million things that can all change position and shape and color. Technology isn't the question, but who is using it, why and for what.

User, it appears you are trying to upload a photo displaying negative emotions. Please upload a new photo expressing a happiness quotient of at least .75 as per terms and conditions.

ankushnarula 9y ago

Excellent. But more likely this user will see an uptick in ads for self-help products and antidepressants.

pasbesoin 9y ago
And lose their jobs, mortgages, insurance, etc., to low scoring resulting from data mining.
dwringer 9y ago
I wonder more about how this data affects what the people they know see.
- forgotmysn 9y ago
  i would be surprised if it did. from my limited knowledge of targeted advertising, the ads aren't based on network data but individual behavior.
honestoHeminway 9y ago
People who have bought black and white posters also bought rope. Our only rope now for only 0.42 €.

wink 9y ago

Trust the Computer. The Computer is Your Friend.

ringaroundthetx 9y ago

Please read the article and contribute something useful instead of your off-broadway Black Mirror episode. The algorithm didn't focus much on emotions of the subjects in the photos.

surrey-fringe 9y ago
I thought it was funny.
- monksy 9y ago
  Being funny is verboten here. 0/5 stars.
  - ringaroundthetx 9y ago
    It is when the mods wake up, just trying to help you guys out. I've seen things moderated for less, they don't want clever quips they don't want reddit
    - have_faith 9y ago
      To be honest I expected it to sit at the bottom of the page half greyed out.
revmoo 9y ago
Rude...

AndrewKemendo 9y ago

It's possible and mutually beneficial to instead send that user targeted ads for therapy, suicide hotline etc...which is effectively what happens. The cynical dystopian insinuation around technology, on a technology site no less, is getting old.

cirgue 9y ago
>The cynical dystopian insinuation around technology, on a technology site no less, is getting old. A technology site is exactly the place for cynicism about technology. The idea of seeing an ad for a suicide hotilne on a social media site is even more distopian than the op's crack about mandatory happiness.
- AndrewKemendo 9y ago
  A technology site is exactly the place for cynicism about technology. I disagree, because I think we need to be the idealists and drivers instead of those pushing back, but I also don't think yours is necessarily an unreasonable position to have. The idea of seeing an ad for a suicide hotilne on a social media site is even more distopian than the op's crack about mandatory happiness I'm not sure I follow why. Ideally an offline social network (like your friends and family) would correctly infer your mental state from interactions and be able to intervene appropriately. A digital social network, where your friends and family, as well as the digital homunculus are all observing your activity should be able to infer your mental state as well, if not better than the offline system and intervene where necessary as well.
  - thinkfurther 9y ago
    Except the network can't compare with non-members, so it can't even assess whether it itself is part of the problem, and whether the social network committing suicide would be the best intervention of all. That's just unthinkable. It's like trying to make a TV show that makes people happy, instead of encouraging them to turn off their TV which is likely to have drastically better results. You can write a script about turning off the TV, you can have a show about people who hate their TV and are heroes, but you cannot not make an episode, the network has no slot for that. When I see Zuckerberg's fake, forced smile, I see a person trapped under there somewhere crying for help. I don't even mean this in a snarky way, I don't hate the guy, and I'm interested in the "Bill Gates transformation of being less insecure". But still, anyone near that and oblivious to it should read and listen when it comes to mental health, not talk and certainly not write algorithms that "intervene". If FB was able to want to help with it on any meaningful level, it would either disband or change drastically, and not have "be middleman for everything" as goal number one like so many do. > idealists and drivers instead of those pushing back You say this like there is a train, and it either moves or doesn't. Instead it's a multi-dimensional space with a million things that can all change position and shape and color. Technology isn't the question, but who is using it, why and for what.