what is Social Media doing to us?
Articles about social media platforms and their effects on society.
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what is Social Media doing to us?
Social products win with utility, not invites (Guest Post) at andrewchen
Sangeet Paul Choudaryandrewchen.com
Our feeds are designed to “prod the would-be attender ever onward from one monetizable object to the next,” he writes. This has had a deadening effect on all kinds of culture, from Marvel blockbusters that optimize for attention minute to minute, to automated Spotify recommendations that push one similar song after another.
Kyle Chayka • How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines
sari and
In my zombie era
open.substack.com
For example, a small study commissioned by Hewlett-Packard looked at the IQ of some of their workers in two situations. At first they tested their IQ when they were not being distracted or interrupted. Then they tested their IQ when they were receiving emails and phone calls. The study found that ‘technological distraction’ – just getting emails
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The Twitter exodus is going to a digital realm, new to many, called the Fediverse - a “federated universe” of healthy connections — THE ALTERNATIVE
The Alternativethealternative.org.uk
In the post-hipster era, you listened to what Spotify told you to listen to. If you read a book, it was because the precise pattern of blobby pastel-coloured shapes on its cover contained coded instructions to TikTok’s algorithm that sent it zooming to the top of your feed. Your tastes and preferences were decided for you by vast crystalline... See more