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This feels like a satire. But it's not. My god. We are truly living in the end of days. Also the title is purposely inflammatory (if not also true).
by dannykwells 7y ago
This feels like a satire. But it's not. My god. We are truly living in the end of days.
Also the title is purposely inflammatory (if not also true).
- Zhyl 7y agoI thought this was going to be an exposé about how SaaS platforms changing functionality or UI design with little or no notice are undermining employee confidence and causing loss of productivity but it seems it more like Cambridge Analytica does inception?
- phnofive 7y agoThe title is not good, but I’m not sure this isn’t satirical, based on the ”Get Your Kid A Dog!” campaign.
- arpa 7y agoThe terms and conditions, alongside with the technical detail (see targeting link) make it believably legit.
- pier25 7y agoAlso the "100% Natural" badge :)
- Kye 7y agoSpinners usually say this to distinguish themselves from automated spinning tools.
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoI feel like most of the options are really only there to provide cover for the creepy ones. Another comment said that "Initiate Sex!" is their most popular campaign by far.
- arpa 7y agoOh god. Spot on! At first I was having a hearty chuckle. Then there was some disbelief. And then it hit me like a hammer. Yes, it is possible. Yes, it is being done. Yes, you are a target for these nudges and chances are, you will not notice them amidst the daily stream of garbage. And, finally... the title is spot on in a reverse kind of way: it did make me doubt my own decisions over the past few years...
- tracker1 7y agoIt's not just the overt attempts in ad traffic... there's tweaking to how your feeds work from Twitter, Facebook and Google/YouTube themselves. There is definitely a LOT of meddling going on, much of it to shape the elections next year.
- inimino 7y agoI'm really not sure. The "get started" buttons go to some sign up page. Is this some kind of next-level art piece? It feels too cheeky to be real.
- 52-6F-62 7y agoThat has me wondering, too. Has anyone tried signing up?
- somethoughts 7y agoA positive way to think about it is that now everyone can be their own Rupert Murdoch and control public discourse in their own small way. It's basically democratizing the ability to influence political thought. Of course as other commenters are positing - there are definitively many negative ways to look at it that are more realistic.
- chadcmulligan 7y agoIs it though? I recently bought some clothes, if I signed up with their mailing list I got a 10% discount. The salesperson asked tentatively, afraid I was going to start shouting or something about sending me emails, invasion of privacy etc. I said sure, gave them one of my fake emails, got my discount, sweet. Like all this internet stuff is just fake, it's more entertainment than real life. Emails you don't like? delete them. Don't want people to find you on facebook, use a made up name, get all your friends to use made up names. My daughter recently tried to search my on the internet - I don't exist, much to her chagrin. But we're linked on facebook, we share photos etc. The only thing that does exist is purely professional, maybe these are skills that should be taught. No doubt facebook can do something with face recognition, and google can do some tracking, but I don't leave cookies lying around long, so they're pretty weak signals.