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Strongly agree. Firms exist to separate users from their money, time, attention, etc. It follows that digital product organizations at nearly all levels are inc
by reb 4y ago
Strongly agree. Firms exist to separate users from their money, time, attention, etc. It follows that digital product organizations at nearly all levels are incentivized to thread dark patterns into their experiences, and healthy skepticism/awareness is a must for anyone spending time in these virtual spaces.
The internet indisputably made my life better growing up, but I had to learn how to use it (and not the other way around) through trial and error. There's no good reason young people today should have to start that learning journey at zero.
- a1369209993 4y ago> There's no good reason young people today should have to start that learning journey at zero. I mean, there clearly is a very strong and unavoidable (you could argue it doesn't count as "good") reason why young people today do have to start that learning journey at zero, namely that human brains generally aren't created already knowing stuff, and have to learn it. But there's no reason to let the early (or non-early) parts of that journey take (or be delayed for) longer than necessary, so that corporations have more opprotunity than is unavoidable to scam, decieve, defraud, and otherwise attack them. (Which is to say I also strongly agree, but don't want to attach that agreement to something with obvious technicalities without comment.)