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“everyone being treated equally on the internet” never heard of this phenomenon before. Stray thought: if you are not anonymous - you will be subject to disc
by gronne 8y ago
“everyone being treated equally on the internet” never heard of this phenomenon before.
Stray thought:
if you are not anonymous - you will be subject to discrimination.
if you are anonymous and others not - you will be subject to discrimination.
if everyone is anonymous you can’t discriminate - but its not very useful.
- EZ-E 8y agoI have a bit of an hard time articulating what I mean (ESL), but what I mean is that these days depending on what profile companies have on you (your assumed interests, income, education etc), your experience on the internet, apps will differ more and more. In order to improve retention and engagement, they will try to tailor the experience and give you what they think you want instead of letting you get it yourself, effectively creating a bubble around you. In the context of my comment (internet dating company), it means even when you try to meet new people, we will make broad assumptions and present you people we think will match well with your assumed race, income, education. All for upping that retention a few .1% In earlier internet, the experience on a single website, for example, was the same for everybody, no matter your demographic. I understand why it evolved, but I regret it a bit.
- gronne 8y agoThank you for the elaboration. Good point.
- hndamien 8y agoI wonder if Tinder does matching based on my device type as a proxy for income....
- gronne 8y agoWho knows. I don’t think it would be the best proxy - these days everyone and their dog has an iphone.
- hndamien 8y agoI'd say there is at least some correlation. Not a great indicator, but better than nothing and helpful since it is in the user agent. They aren't curing cancer, so accuracy is less important.
- gitgud 8y agoI find this so relatable, Instagram and YouTube especially, have refined intense recommendation algorithms that make me wonder.... Are they just showing me what I want to see?
- ThePadawan 8y agoThe thought of "original internet equality" brought me back to the days where you would land on obscure forums via a search engine, and you would find posts by accounts like "str_master", "jsmith", "quizboy". The most you could discriminate them by was their number of posts on that forum, moderator privileges etc.
- KineticLensman 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_know... Classic cartoon from 1993 celebrating the equality of the anonymous internet
- unmole 8y agoOn the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_...
- otakucode 8y agoNot useful? It was tremendously useful when I was a kid. I could participate in online discussions, make friends, learn things, and have all manner of fun without worrying about someone persecuting me over my age. No one ever felt any need to prod me about my gender, age, nationality, religious persuasion, or anything like that. Communities were organized around topics, and reputation was built from the ground up. It was quite useful, I assure you.