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For anyone expecting social media to help foster the next “Springtime” of revolution – to paraphrase Shakespeare – this is very much the winter of disconnect.
Social media is about connecting you to other “like-minded” individuals worldwide, which fosters groupthink. This is made worse by the instant mass sharing of information, which most people don’t even bother to verify.
Nice idea but you won’t have heard of any of these data brokers anyways – same as the parent companies that own “bad karma” brands. Its a buffer zone thing, corporations learned to do long ago to protect the public facing brand that represents the real players beneath. So yeah have a list, and you will be none the wiser on which shareholders and individuals are spying on you.
Here are the data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify and Yandex. So don’t expect it just to be political manipulators to be profiting from your data or manipulating your world view…
“In 2018, Facebook earned an average of roughly $110 in ad revenue per American user.” So the list of “supporters” is likely quite high – whoever it is. FBI? CIA? Thats why Zuck doesn’t have to tell you.
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They exist, but… “Head over to Instagram’s Access Tool website and go down to the “Privacy and Security” tab. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you’ll see the “Ads” heading. Select “Ad Interests” and be prepared to see a whole new world filled with terrifying information about yourself.”
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You can do it in Google accounts but its such a faff. Agreed, a simple popup where you list your interests or tick those it guesses would make ads a joy rather than a hinderance. Surprised their super clever and now very RICH ai doesn’t realise this. Come on Sergey, its been 20 years now….
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Interesting. This will need legislation better than we have for clairvoyants who claim to speak to your dead relatives. Granny’s AI might start changing her will after she sees how we behave once really granny is gone. Crazy.
The chance to text with the dead via AI is creepy or wonderful
A virtual assistant that could do what I can do would be handy, can I have 50 of them please, not for social networking, but for starting a business or better, lobbying politicians or creating art and literature…. The future is going to be very interesting and by the looks of this link, it’s starting to happen already. Like.
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“Facebook released a tool that lets people see how it tracks their “off-Facebook activity.” AHH SO YOU JUST TOLD FACEBOOK YOU ARE TRYING TO SPY BACK – GREAT. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
Facebook knows what you’re doing on other sites and in real life. This tool lets you see what it knows about you.
There are some apps, but they are very limited – fact is, Facebook doesn’t let them know ALL the stuff it gathers about your browsing habits, so no app or plugin could really do it.
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He is so rich he is totally above the law. People should do this to contain him, he is autistic and unaware of the damage he is causing – like Trump, don’t let it get out of control while waiting for them to realise.
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Facial recognition isn’t quite there yet. I really hope no crime evidence is based on it. And it could be a real problem when rouge states, or even hacky AI bots grab information from security cameras to facial fingerprint every one of the world’s citizens. Hmm, 1984 would be easy then.
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Interesting – reminds me of “clicks to Hitler” which folk used to play a while back. You could have an app or I guess an AI that sees how related any 2 things are, via their social profiles or wiki article.
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I guess most public figures distance themselves from real people/fans on FB. I wonder if they are more than 6 degrees away from us all, and if so, if they try to add more degrees in between. Like a gated home, to keep the rabble out, and just real friends in.
lesson 1 stop being negative – followed by 14 other things the author has decide you shouldn’t do on social. They liked new ways of thinking and doing things a while back, when it suited, maybe not now though eh?
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I think you can enter a restyle of existing sites and social networks in the CSS design awards, and yeah, there are loads of apps out there – shame chrome developer doesn’t let you save your amends and reload them again at a later date.
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There are some good apps that do the css editing but someone would need to organize the contest in order to make this idea a reality. Would be good to see how people would restyle twitter and Linkedin etc.
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Great documentary but a good point… “It is more than a little ironic that a film that warns incessantly about platforms using misinformation to stoke fear and outrage seems to exist only to stoke fear and outrage — while promoting a distorted view of how those platforms work along the way.”
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak used this phrase in an interview explaining why he quit Facebook; Apple CEO Tim Cook used it back in 2014, referring not to Facebook but to… Google.
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As far as social media housekeeping goes, maintaining your LinkedIn is the equivalent of cleaning the cutlery drawers – but is that reason enough not to?
Linkedin know its turned into a spam machine, they are just addicted to the advertising revenue. Probably beyond the point of return now that AI is likely to be tasked with only considering money, rather than making useful tools – like humans used to do.
I hate LinkedIn . I open it out of habit and accept everyone who adds me because I don’t know why I wouldn’t. There is no clear benefit to the social network. I’ve never met a recruiter on there. I’ve never gotten a job. The only messages I get are spam from offshore dev teams […]
I guess this will become part of the service – the priest closes your socials or sets them to family only, or keep live for others to post comments on. I guess for some like this company, its going to be a big part of the service, if people want it to be as they can grab some milestones and images to use in the farewel and give people a link to their relatives digital lives forever more.
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Banning social media doesn’t solve the underlying issues. Plus, people can still get around these bans using fake identities and VPNs
Social media has become so out of control that top democracies worldwide are banning it. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/28/techscape-france-tiktok-ban-facebook
We could ban people from using social media, but that seems to be a move that is preferred by dictators around the world.
Sure, social media has pretty concerning some negative aspects, but it has so much potential for advancing society if used correctly.
Take a look at cancel culture if you want evidence of how harmful social media groupthink is.
Social media is about connecting you to other “like-minded” individuals worldwide, which fosters groupthink. This is made worse by the instant mass sharing of information, which most people don’t even bother to verify.
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Lol, Trumpeters don’t get it.
OpenBook? You can still invest in it to make it happen!
I would prefer one that rewards you for deleting your account. This is why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_Jq42Og7Q
Nice idea but you won’t have heard of any of these data brokers anyways – same as the parent companies that own “bad karma” brands. Its a buffer zone thing, corporations learned to do long ago to protect the public facing brand that represents the real players beneath. So yeah have a list, and you will be none the wiser on which shareholders and individuals are spying on you.
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify and Yandex. So don’t expect it just to be political manipulators to be profiting from your data or manipulating your world view…
“In 2018, Facebook earned an average of roughly $110 in ad revenue per American user.” So the list of “supporters” is likely quite high – whoever it is. FBI? CIA? Thats why Zuck doesn’t have to tell you.
it would be interesting to see what zuckerberg things he is interested in. but he can see what FB thinks he likes whenever he wants… So can you.
They exist, but… “Head over to Instagram’s Access Tool website and go down to the “Privacy and Security” tab. If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you’ll see the “Ads” heading. Select “Ad Interests” and be prepared to see a whole new world filled with terrifying information about yourself.”
You can do it in Google accounts but its such a faff. Agreed, a simple popup where you list your interests or tick those it guesses would make ads a joy rather than a hinderance. Surprised their super clever and now very RICH ai doesn’t realise this. Come on Sergey, its been 20 years now….
Lol, of all the people to do… “The CEO of virtual reality company Spinifex, is hoping to create a “post-biological” Elton John.”
Interesting. This will need legislation better than we have for clairvoyants who claim to speak to your dead relatives. Granny’s AI might start changing her will after she sees how we behave once really granny is gone. Crazy.
If i met my AI version of myself on Facebook, I would probably de-friend him, what a nob!
Weird – reminds me of this…
A virtual assistant that could do what I can do would be handy, can I have 50 of them please, not for social networking, but for starting a business or better, lobbying politicians or creating art and literature…. The future is going to be very interesting and by the looks of this link, it’s starting to happen already. Like.
“Facebook released a tool that lets people see how it tracks their “off-Facebook activity.” AHH SO YOU JUST TOLD FACEBOOK YOU ARE TRYING TO SPY BACK – GREAT. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
There are some apps, but they are very limited – fact is, Facebook doesn’t let them know ALL the stuff it gathers about your browsing habits, so no app or plugin could really do it.
That would be great, especially if it allowed you to delete info you don’t want it to know. For now there is this… https://www.alphr.com/facebook/1003521/see-everything-facebook-knows-about-you-here-s-how/
He is so rich he is totally above the law. People should do this to contain him, he is autistic and unaware of the damage he is causing – like Trump, don’t let it get out of control while waiting for them to realise.
Facial recognition isn’t quite there yet. I really hope no crime evidence is based on it. And it could be a real problem when rouge states, or even hacky AI bots grab information from security cameras to facial fingerprint every one of the world’s citizens. Hmm, 1984 would be easy then.
Heh, someone should sell Zuckerberg masks and have folk raid the Facebook offices for private information on the man himself.
Love this idea. And after reading this article, I guess McAfee could already do it. Someone should make the app and try it on Facebook.
Interesting – reminds me of “clicks to Hitler” which folk used to play a while back. You could have an app or I guess an AI that sees how related any 2 things are, via their social profiles or wiki article.
I guess most public figures distance themselves from real people/fans on FB. I wonder if they are more than 6 degrees away from us all, and if so, if they try to add more degrees in between. Like a gated home, to keep the rabble out, and just real friends in.
lesson 1 stop being negative – followed by 14 other things the author has decide you shouldn’t do on social. They liked new ways of thinking and doing things a while back, when it suited, maybe not now though eh?
Not sure if this exists, but I highly recommend this book.
lol
Like the idea, you or anyone else are welcome to suggest new css styles for IdeaMill, hint hint.
I think you can enter a restyle of existing sites and social networks in the CSS design awards, and yeah, there are loads of apps out there – shame chrome developer doesn’t let you save your amends and reload them again at a later date.
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(3 upvotes)There are some good apps that do the css editing but someone would need to organize the contest in order to make this idea a reality. Would be good to see how people would restyle twitter and Linkedin etc.
but what about the people on social who crave likes, some may get upset at being “not cared” lmao
been in discussion a while. They know people want it at least..
FB recently added a “care” button. but yeah who cares? Would be better.
Great documentary but a good point… “It is more than a little ironic that a film that warns incessantly about platforms using misinformation to stoke fear and outrage seems to exist only to stoke fear and outrage — while promoting a distorted view of how those platforms work along the way.”
Some say Facebook got robbed of their data, they are a victim of crime not the perpetrators.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak used this phrase in an interview explaining why he quit Facebook; Apple CEO Tim Cook used it back in 2014, referring not to Facebook but to… Google.
Can’t decide between a royal or a zuck
and the Pope has special powers.
OMG you can buy that Putin one. WANT!
And the winner is… the VLAD
I’m surprised twitter doesn’t already do this, you can target by location, demographics etc, why not by followers of a certain user?
Good idea. Might help undo some of the problems Facebook have with fraud ads and their dubiously hidden nature of using your info to target ads.
They have it now, I guess it just picks up on words you post,, amazing
…but obedience has its evolutionary benefits too – so don’t oversimplify.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Unless you were desperate for a job, why would you even use linkedin?
Linkedin know its turned into a spam machine, they are just addicted to the advertising revenue. Probably beyond the point of return now that AI is likely to be tasked with only considering money, rather than making useful tools – like humans used to do.
I bet YouTube died inside when they realised they HAD to allow popular ad revenue channels to be set as inactive for dead creators.
Yep, I would pay someone to ensure FaceBook didn’t get to own me after death. Just to stick ads on my grave! Christ!!!
I guess this will become part of the service – the priest closes your socials or sets them to family only, or keep live for others to post comments on. I guess for some like this company, its going to be a big part of the service, if people want it to be as they can grab some milestones and images to use in the farewel and give people a link to their relatives digital lives forever more.
Would be a good service, better than being dumped in the digital graveyard with no pomp. Don’t wanna go there….