Tagged “social media”

This is the new culture. And its most striking feature is the absence of Culture (with a capital C) or even mindless entertainment—both get replaced by compulsive activity.

we can't compete with AI boyfriends either. Or AI friends:

Soon, these "fake people" won't just be indistinguishable from real people, they’ll be better than real people - because they’ll be whatever you want them to be.

The agreeableness thing I have seen come up a few times recently. We probably prefer it, so I assume training will be biased toward it. There are times you don't want the computer to argue with you, but hyper-agreeable friends does not bode well for echo chambers.

On underused features and growing accounts.

use lists, DM people, and "optimize for virality only at the cost of your soul"

the four hobbies:

doing the thing	getting gear for the thing
talking about the thing	talking about gear for the thing

Great summary in top comment

1. Medium: text -> images -> video -> 3D graphics -> VR
2. AI: time -> rank -> recommend -> generate
3. UI: click -> scroll -> tap -> swipe -> autoplay

That we get more immersive and more passive

from thread on Mr Beast

the downsides of places optimising for tourism and photography, rather than for being lived in. The problem of everyone wanting a particular special experience.

As they all move to suggested posts and farther away from being networks people use for social.

What should we call the replacements?

Me either. Logging out of twitter has helped reduce the effect.

The story of trying to track down your instagram double.

via HN

1. The real problem is biased sharing. Even if everything is true, selective sharing will create a biased picture.

2. People can learn to spot fake news. The real problem is intellectual humility: getting them to trust & share real news. (4/12)