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The thin end of the wedge here is advertising. It is deliberately manipulating people using psychological insights, often targeting weaknesses to create a recur
by denkmoon 9y ago
The thin end of the wedge here is advertising. It is deliberately manipulating people using psychological insights, often targeting weaknesses to create a recurrent cash flow.
Yet the entertainment and content-creating side of the internet relies very explicitly on ad revenue.
Are creators that rely on revenue generated by manipulating human psychology morally bankrupt?
- cyberpunk0 9y agoYes they are completely morally bankrupt
- SomeStupidPoint 9y agoThey invented a whole language to paper over the fact that their entire field is weaponized psychology employed against their customers. Do a noun for noun substitution to unpack a marketing meeting, and you'll want to puke. Frankly, it's shameful for any company that says they care about their customers to employ marketing psychology tactics. Marketing and advertising are (in their modern, virulent form) simply an attempt to hack viewers to shift the locus of control from the customer to the business. (Other objectionable things about tech have this kind of behavior, too.) Frankly, it's just disgusting and I can't blame customers for really viewing companies negatively based on their advertising practices. (If all that wasn't bad enough, online advertising often comes with literal malware ontop.)