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I couldn’t help but thinking of the movie/documentary itself as an act of manipulation and an attempt to distract from the real issue. The real problem is the
by fellellor 6y ago
I couldn’t help but thinking of the movie/documentary itself as an act of manipulation and an attempt to distract from the real issue.
The real problem is the way big venture capital is funding these companies. Allowing them to become so big, while suppressing all competition in order to concentrate profits. This is what has made these companies into the monsters they are now. In this era of big tech focus has shifted, IMO, from creating and implementing fair and simple common standards to , among other things, walled gardens and egregious bullshit wherein people don’t even own most things they’re paying for.
The act of manipulating others into situations that are favourable to yourself is not something new and has probably been practiced for centuries. The documentary, which I admittedly couldn’t force myself to finish, seemed to gloss over the big money aspect to focus (in the most cringe way) on the psychological manipulation aspect, which made its insights unoriginal and shallow.
- 23B1 6y agoI'd wager a movie on a mass distribution platform like Netflix is going to be more effective at making people aware of the problem and help them mitigate its effects on an individual basis... than, say, trying to change the way capital flows.
- fellellor 6y agoMy point is that it’s easy to make an argument about this aspect of SM than to talk about the money, trace it, and pinpoint blame. Nowadays, there is plenty of evidence available about the psychological effects/harm of social media. So it’s easy/harmless to fund this kind of exposition than anything that talks about the finance side.