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It's quite clear from the amount of memes, newspaper articles, anti-big tech policies and political campaigns, discussions in online and offline communities and
by chobeat 5y ago
It's quite clear from the amount of memes, newspaper articles, anti-big tech policies and political campaigns, discussions in online and offline communities and references in art, movies and videogames.
I would say it's too early for a quantitative analysis of the phenomenon but maybe there's already something. For sure parties (like SPD in Germany) have hard numbers on the perception of such phenomenon before running campaigns on the topic.
- dusted 5y agoActually, I'm seeing exactly zero references besides that you, again, tell me that it is so. And no, memes are not representative of anything remotely akin to general population, not even the general population of the Internet. Nah, what I'm seeing here is toxic "general population" culture that's always existed in the outside world, finally seeping in to make sure that no place is without a mob with torches and pitchforks to strike down hard on anyone who d not religiously (literally or figuratively) throw them selves in mindless agreement with whatever the current zeitgeist is.
- chobeat 5y agoDo you work in a startup? Because then I would say yours count as a "no" answer to my question. Thanks for your input
- effingwewt 5y ago
- raxxorrax 5y agoI think the animosity is easy to see and I believe it is partially justified, or at least the fear it is based on. It seems it is mostly restricted to online spaces for now. But I also don't really understand the expectations of people. For tech as a whole to take responsibility? I believe the SPD in Germany has not been to constructive to dampen negative effects of tech, but I would be very interested in their perspective, especially regarding the stereotypes people have formed.