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Scared of change? This is not just change - we have never had social media algorithms putting shit into people's head about themselves and others, all day, every single day.
This shit is affecting people's entire perception of the world and who they are. It's not just some random change.
I haven't forgotten being a kid. But when I was growing up, the so called dangers were computer games and too much TV. That was nothing compared to weaponized algorithms picking content that will "engage" people (make them react).
Some kids today are completely out there with pluto man. They just lost any sense of reality. Their entire perception of the world is from social media algorithms from tech companies. That's one scary thought.
Sure it's funny with "old man yelling at the cloud", but there is something here to be concerned about.
„We have never had x” is the exact same argument that could be used to a number of things that sparked moral outrages before. This is too much of a dejavu for me to treat seriously.
We still don't. There are no algorithms putting shit into my head. I choose to use certain apps because I enjoy them, find them useful, etc. I do this when I want, definitely not all day everyday unwillingly. Is it just me? Are y'all really being attacked by algorithms all day? lol.
I haven't seen this.