Tagged “socialmedia”
Alts and Automediality: Compartmentalising the Self through Multiple Social Media Profiles
The State of the Culture, 2024
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.
Why do people post on [bad platform] instead of [good platform]?
12/21/23: A Tik-Tok-in Timebomb: How TikTok’s Global Platform Anomalies Align with the Chinese Communist Party’s Geostrategic Objectives
Meme Warfare
We Can't Compete With AI Girlfriends
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.
How to Twitter Successfully
On underused features and growing accounts.
use lists, DM people, and "optimize for virality only at the cost of your soul"
Mastodon Is Doomed
The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise
the four hobbies:
doing the thing | getting gear for the thing |
talking about the thing | talking about gear for the thing |
The age of average
Don’t panic about social media harming your child’s mental health – the evidence is weak
Honestly, it's probably the phones
The Social Recession: By the Numbers
Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
Great summary in top comment
- Medium: text -> images -> video -> 3D graphics -> VR
- AI: time -> rank -> recommend -> generate
- UI: click -> scroll -> tap -> swipe -> autoplay
That we get more immersive and more passive
The internet wants to be fragmented
On the need for anonymity online
TIL about Nasubi
from thread on Mr Beast
The Instagram capital of the world is a terrible place to be
the downsides of places optimising for tourism and photography, rather than for being lived in. The problem of everyone wanting a particular special experience.
Is this the end of social networking?
As they all move to suggested posts and farther away from being networks people use for social.
What should we call the replacements?
Your Fitbit has stolen your soul
Hocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook
My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll
Me either. Logging out of twitter has helped reduce the effect.
No one cares about your redesign
Buy Things, Not Experiences
Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)
Real Me and Fake Me
The story of trying to track down your instagram double.
via HN
Myths about social media
The real problem is biased sharing. Even if everything is true, selective sharing will create a biased picture.
People can learn to spot fake news. The real problem is intellectual humility: getting them to trust & share real news. (4/12)
Ask HN: Whatever happened to exploring the internet?
Facebook is Other People
Democrats and Media Do Not Want to Weaken Facebook, Just Commandeer its Power to Censor
The Newest Face of Diet Culture Is the Instagram Butt
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