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Bandersnatch made me feel like I participated in an invasive data science project that I didn’t agree to.
by afpx 8y ago
Bandersnatch made me feel like I participated in an invasive data science project that I didn’t agree to.
- pcmaffey 8y agoI don't know if this point gets brought up much, but I wholeheartedly agree. The data generated from situational A/B testing is scary. Just imagine what you could learn by looking at one viewer's choices across a range of situations that you control... While I doubt the mass-analytics is there yet, it made me shudder at the privacy implications for the future.
- gjs278 8y agoyou agreed by watching
- afpx 8y agoThanks for pointing out the obvious. The problem isn’t the data science. The problem is that the show was developed primarily for data science but was described to viewers as fun, interactive fiction. Let’s be clear here: Netflix developed this show for the primary purpose of gathering data on me. Clearly many of the decisions only existed to test the effectiveness of product placement. Some other decisions were intended to cluster subscribers into segments. My issue is that I was deceived into thinking the interactivity was purely to enhance the story.
- gjs278 8y agoget your schizophrenia checked out
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