An absolutely useless piece of information, and as many have said already, rather depressing at the same time. Could go as far as saying this is a meta-analysis of the "journalism" marketing industry.
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#12not really sure about the negative doom-and-gloom reactions, this has existed since time immemorial and will for as long humans as a species exist. Our brains are wired to react to such content, not sure you can draw a line between social media and a purported dumbing down of humanity. We live in a time where for the first time 50% of humanity has access to information that was restricted to a tiny elite. Sure cat videos and celeb pics might be predominant, but with that comes access to wikipedia, mit ocw etc.
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#13Fascinating, if not depressing analysis of clickbait. I guess one of the sad takeaways is that people want to be told how to react when they read something (make you cry, give you goosebumps, shocked to see).
Yikes, these headlines then are just different flavors of emotions, no different than ice-cream being chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, etc. And there's a flavor to satisfy everyone's taste.
Want to feel sad? Read this article. Want to feel uplifted? Read this one. Want to feel outraged? Click here!
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
> democracy does not work in a world with social media Two misconceptions in one short phrase. Democracy always worked perfectly well, just not as advertised, a common phenomenon with heavily advertised products. Social media is just making things harder and more expensive for advertisers. They'll figure something out, with much groaning and moaning.
How is it making things harder for advertisers?
Have to hire more people, things are a lot more distributed.
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#15Where can you collect the Facebook engagement data used for this analysis?
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#16Yuck.
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#17This is why democracy is broken. Attention is scarce. So when you combine all the resources and effort that marketing departments from Fox News to Charmin toilet paper, add Facebook as a primary medium, throw iPhones and ADHD into the mix, the only tactics that work appeal to base instincts. Make something flashy, attention grabbing, and short lived. When that happens to ALL information, there’s no place left for bal…
I appreciate that this is the top comment, and starts with 'This is Why' which is the second most engaging phrase apparently.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is fairly well understood, as is the fact that none of the parties involved - Facebook, the media, or the political parties - have an ounce of incentive to change. So, what do we do? It may be becoming apparent that the theory that democracy does not work in a world with social media is correct, but what can be done with that information? For every Buzzfeed you kill there's another, for every social network with…
Here, I have a proposal for you: Imagine a world government wherein the killing, torture, and imprisonment of people is illegal, as the core clause of the state. In this state, the core clause does not permit the interests of the state over those of the individual; the state exists to support an individual. Imagine a political party which comes to power through the co-option of the public sphere to support the above…
Sorry, what is the orange flag a reference to?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here, I have a proposal for you: Imagine a world government wherein the killing, torture, and imprisonment of people is illegal, as the core clause of the state. In this state, the core clause does not permit the interests of the state over those of the individual; the state exists to support an individual. Imagine a political party which comes to power through the co-option of the public sphere to support the above…
Sorry, what is the orange flag a reference to?
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#20This is why democracy is broken. Attention is scarce. So when you combine all the resources and effort that marketing departments from Fox News to Charmin toilet paper, add Facebook as a primary medium, throw iPhones and ADHD into the mix, the only tactics that work appeal to base instincts. Make something flashy, attention grabbing, and short lived. When that happens to ALL information, there’s no place left for bal…
This is fairly well understood, as is the fact that none of the parties involved - Facebook, the media, or the political parties - have an ounce of incentive to change. So, what do we do? It may be becoming apparent that the theory that democracy does not work in a world with social media is correct, but what can be done with that information? For every Buzzfeed you kill there's another, for every social network with…
Sortition. Rule by random citizen.