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Do I have any reason to think they aren't running other experiments in secret and selling it? And considering that the US government already takes bids for "per
by A_COMPUTER 12y ago
Do I have any reason to think they aren't running other experiments in secret and selling it? And considering that the US government already takes bids for "persona management" to influence social media, why shouldn't I think they're not a customer?
Facebook, and all centralized social media platforms, are dangerous. Nobody should have this influencing power.
- scrollaway 12y ago> Facebook, and all centralized social media platforms, are dangerous. Nobody should have this influencing power. I couldn't agree more. That also was not my point.
- A_COMPUTER 12y agoSecret or not secret are not mutually exclusive, was all my point. the rest was just an aside. The knowledge is even useful, but for me it's been completely overshadowed by knowing that they are manipulating us to learn, in effect, how to manipulate us better. It's not even theoretical. I was watching Google I/O, and in the section about Android TV, they showed how the device, if you left your TV on, would show you soothing images that they selected. What kind of power is that! Imagine if suddenly, all the images on every Android TV switched to the same image. How would what that image presented affect the world at that moment?