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Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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Post by ntxvega »

Kiro wrote: post #17
nilsbrev wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I'm actually looking for the website which was very visual and well designed to illustrate consequences of this concept...

How ungrateful. That was not your original question.

Perhaps OP has been ChatGPTing too much and was expecting an apologetic response: “I’m sorry that my answer didn’t meet your expectations. More information about chilling effect can be found at…”

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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Post by nilsbrev »

timetokillit wrote: post #15
nilsbrev wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Might be chilling effect indeed, thank you. I'm trying to find that website which was very visual and well designed...

You didn’t ask that

I didn't but somebody answered it anyway just below : https://www.socialcooling.com/

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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Post by nilsbrev »

I was actually looking for that particular website : https://www.socialcooling.com/ not the name of the concept itself but "lachenmayer" has somehow read my mind.

Hacker News is better than chatGPT, it gives you what you're looking for without asking the right question (properly).

See https://xyproblem.info/ for details about how I messed up with my request.

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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Post by bitshiftfaced »

michaelteter wrote: post #10

I pasted your question verbatim into ChatGPT-4. " The concept you may be thinking of is the "chilling effect." It refers to the phenomenon where individuals are less likely to engage in certain behaviors, such as expressing themselves or accessing certain information, due to the fear of surveillance or other forms of monitoring. The term "chilling effect" is often used in the context of government surveillance or cen…

Behold, the future of "RTFM," "Let me google that for you," and "your question is already answered on stack overflow."

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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Post by michaelteter »

messe wrote: post #19
Kiro wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How ungrateful. That was not your original question.

Feels like this getting close to the XY problem: https://xyproblem.info/

Thanks for sharing this. I have experienced this many times in my career, but I didn’t realize it had a name.

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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Post by lachenmayer »

jareklupinski wrote: post #28
lachenmayer wrote: post #14

https://www.socialcooling.com/

was this whole post just SEO?

Maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯? I have no affiliation to OP, feels like they just wanted to try out a human version of ChatGPT, strange as that may sound these days…

Re: Ask HN: What's the name of this concept related to surveillance

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Post by csw-001 »

hprotagonist wrote: post #13

panopticon? (it’s also a great metal album)

This was my first thought - originally described a prison designed in a way that a central guard tower can see into all the cells. Even if prisoners aren’t actually being watched, the theory is they behavior better because they know they could be being watched at any given moment.

Just happens to be this week’s 99% Invisible podcast is all about panopticon history!

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