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Sure, but that is not a problem of social media, its a problem of bored workers looking to cure their boredom. If they arent on their phone they would be readin

Sure, but that is not a problem of social media, its a problem of bored workers looking to cure their boredom. If they arent on their phone they would be reading something or staring holes into the air. I dont have any of the traditional social medias, yet I still slack of frequently, get distracted all the time. Imho there is very little to no connection between social media usage and productivity.

m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
the usage of social media isnt a productivity issue its the skinner boxing that is deployed by almost all outlets, the many onion skin layers that slowly morphed what was a very effective tool for communication into a brain training device similar to television... HN is one of the few that are still a blogalike format... there is a wonderfull limitation to a single media format such as flat_ascii vs multimedia...
- thecatspaw 8y ago
  but even HN is a skinner box. It rewards you with points for writing comments that people like. Its exactly the same as reddit in that regard. Yes, social media is used to shape people's thoughts and opinions, same as advertisements, television, newspapers, books, people you're talking to. So I can only repeat my question, what makes me better than someone else who has facebook and reddit? I am not invincible to operant conditioning, advertisements and people pushing their own agenda on me either
  - m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
    you may think your not invincible, but you can see the box and you live outside of it... thats what is better... there was an old ben wicks comic that comes to mind, two rats are in a cage one rat says to the other, hey look every time i push this lever they get really excited and come running with food [Re: 2 scientists inlabcoats] ...when you see the box for what it is, you can manipulate the manipulators..
    - thecatspaw 8y ago
      and yet, the rats did get trained the way the scientists intended. Knowing how advertisement works doesnt let you manipulate the ads. You are getting conditioned nonetheless
      - m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
        ...but the rats realized the scientist were also being trained... that realization is powerful... ...and yes sir, you can manipulate the data profileing machine...
bloak 8y ago
It's easier to get away with staring at a tiny screen while "working" than with reading a book that is obviously a novel. Recently I wanted to lend a paperback novel to a friend. "Thanks for the recommendation", she said, "but I'll buy it for Kindle; then I can read it at work on my phone."

m1573rp34130dy 8y ago

the usage of social media isnt a productivity issue its the skinner boxing that is deployed by almost all outlets, the many onion skin layers that slowly morphed what was a very effective tool for communication into a brain training device similar to television... HN is one of the few that are still a blogalike format... there is a wonderfull limitation to a single media format such as flat_ascii vs multimedia...

thecatspaw 8y ago
but even HN is a skinner box. It rewards you with points for writing comments that people like. Its exactly the same as reddit in that regard. Yes, social media is used to shape people's thoughts and opinions, same as advertisements, television, newspapers, books, people you're talking to. So I can only repeat my question, what makes me better than someone else who has facebook and reddit? I am not invincible to operant conditioning, advertisements and people pushing their own agenda on me either
- m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
  you may think your not invincible, but you can see the box and you live outside of it... thats what is better... there was an old ben wicks comic that comes to mind, two rats are in a cage one rat says to the other, hey look every time i push this lever they get really excited and come running with food [Re: 2 scientists inlabcoats] ...when you see the box for what it is, you can manipulate the manipulators..
  - thecatspaw 8y ago
    and yet, the rats did get trained the way the scientists intended. Knowing how advertisement works doesnt let you manipulate the ads. You are getting conditioned nonetheless
    - m1573rp34130dy 8y ago
      ...but the rats realized the scientist were also being trained... that realization is powerful... ...and yes sir, you can manipulate the data profileing machine...

bloak 8y ago

It's easier to get away with staring at a tiny screen while "working" than with reading a book that is obviously a novel. Recently I wanted to lend a paperback novel to a friend. "Thanks for the recommendation", she said, "but I'll buy it for Kindle; then I can read it at work on my phone."