Another documentary THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

[t-bob]

That social media can be addictive and creepy isn’t a revelation to anyone who uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the like. But in Jeff Orlowski’s documentary “The Social Dilemma,” conscientious defectors from these companies explain that the perniciousness of social networking platforms is a feature, not a bug.

They claim that the manipulation of human behavior for profit is coded into these companies with Machiavellian precision: Infinite scrolling and push notifications keep users constantly engaged; personalized recommendations use data not just to predict but also to influence our actions, turning users into easy prey for advertisers and propagandists.

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[t-bob]

I’m not enjoying Facebook and other media & apps. I’m watching THE SOCIAL DILEMMA - effective and the manipulative technology. Egads.
And yet I love technology. It's a blessing and a curse

It’s my only social website - Soundhole Cafe - I enjoyed it most of the time

[t-bob]

Rerun....

[t-bob]

This documentary Social Dilemma

anybody watched it?

I’d love to hear somebody’s thoughts?

[james]

I have put it on my Netflix watch list. Got a Battlestar Galactica binge going on at the moment though.