> Twitter invents the “pull-to-refresh” UI gesture that leverages variable rewards to trigger addictive behavior as a way to increase user engagement with the timeline; Facebook invents the “red dot” notifications that keep people checking their phone for the next new thing. two minor corrections: 1) pull-to-refresh was not invented by Twitter, but by Tweetie, a third-party Twitter client. 2) The "red dot" for notifi…
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#32> Twitter invents the “pull-to-refresh” UI gesture that leverages variable rewards to trigger addictive behavior as a way to increase user engagement with the timeline; Facebook invents the “red dot” notifications that keep people checking their phone for the next new thing. two minor corrections: 1) pull-to-refresh was not invented by Twitter, but by Tweetie, a third-party Twitter client. 2) The "red dot" for notifi…
this is like going to a protest against abortion and talking about coffee cup design...
I don't think so.
By citing these examples, the article is putting together a case for the narrative of Facebook/Twitter being primary drivers of the current overall system, inventing these malevolent features that enable and support this system. Rather than the alternative narrative of Facebook/Twitter being emergent "winners" in a diverse plethora of bad actors, all contributing to the system to varying degrees.
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#33> The net effect these platforms have on us is to alienate us from our very lives.
I really like this conclusion paragraph. I definitely feel that everything I do through my phone is a much worse version than if I had just done them irl. Socializing is the biggest one. It makes me very happy to be with friends, but when I check up on people through FB etc I may get some instant gratification but it really just leaves me a little depressed in the end.
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#34people who are upvoting anything that includes "facebook" in the title should read it first. it's a bad article full of dramatic language and hyperbole.
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#35> Twitter invents the “pull-to-refresh” UI gesture that leverages variable rewards to trigger addictive behavior as a way to increase user engagement with the timeline; Facebook invents the “red dot” notifications that keep people checking their phone for the next new thing. two minor corrections: 1) pull-to-refresh was not invented by Twitter, but by Tweetie, a third-party Twitter client. 2) The "red dot" for notifi…
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mailbox&source=lnms&tbm=is...
Indication of receiving mail "with a computer".
Yep, checks out. Patent granted to new invention never thought of before.
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#36Why "Against Facebook "? I know some mention of other services in the essay, but the headline, topic sentences and conclusion all call out Facebook pretty much exclusively. Starting off attacking solely Facebook in the headline and wrapping it up nice and tidy at the end with "You should delete your Facebook account :)" creates a false sense of security for readers that once they delete their Facebook accounts, they'…
> the headline, topic sentences and conclusion all call out Facebook pretty much exclusively. Perhaps because it's the easiest target and otherwise the general public might feel overwhelmed, and think that the fight for privacy is futile.
> fight for privacy is futile
See I always disagree with these sentiments. Again like everything in America it's about political action.
Problem #1: Not enough people vote.
You can break that down into, I see it, 3 buckets.
1. People are content enough with the way things are going, and trust they will keep going so they don't waste their time, or rely on the "wisdom of the crowd" 2. People are lethargic of the issues happening around them and complacency has fully set in. 3. People are so underwater with responsibilities, debt, and pressure from stagnant wages and rising costs, their primary focus is survival, feeding family, and paying rent.
I am a firm believer that people get the government they deserve. It's not enough to wish a government into existence.
Having said all that, call this a gross oversimplification or whatnot, but I think it comes down to not enough people feel threatened or inclined to take action by the current privacy situation. That's it. Plenty of people love to talk about it, bikeshed about how things should or should not be, play the contrarian, whatnot, but if there's anything life has taught me: if people really want something, they do it (not saying want thing that thing is a good or bad thing)
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#37people who are upvoting anything that includes "facebook" in the title should read it first. it's a bad article full of dramatic language and hyperbole.
okay, but could you give some example to back up your judgment? I don't want to read huge long things like this that are bad nor to let "it's bad" comments be enough to sabotage my potential reading of something.
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#38> The net effect these platforms have on us is to alienate us from our very lives. I really like this conclusion paragraph. I definitely feel that everything I do through my phone is a much worse version than if I had just done them irl. Socializing is the biggest one. It makes me very happy to be with friends, but when I check up on people through FB etc I may get some instant gratification but it really just leaves…
I added about 2,000 people after pulling off a political stunt.
Lost all control of my facebook and have a ton of randoms.
Made it very easy to leave, now my friends actually have to send me messages to tell me news.
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#39people who are upvoting anything that includes "facebook" in the title should read it first. it's a bad article full of dramatic language and hyperbole.
okay, but could you give some example to back up your judgment? I don't want to read huge long things like this that are bad nor to let "it's bad" comments be enough to sabotage my potential reading of something.
> media-driven neuroticism—a love of change for its own sake, or neomania, a love of new things. Ultimately, neomania together with the media has a negative effect on our moods, which isn’t surprising considering most of what makes the daily news is negative. This leaves us feeling powerless, like the world is falling apart. So we turn to social media to witness the (seemingly) beautiful lives of celebrities, and the romantic and exciting lives of our friends and family. But this ends up driving the compulsion to compare our own lives with those of the people we see on social media, creating feelings of inadequacy, loneliness, and jealousy.
> The more media we consume, the more noise we get (rather than the valuable part, called the signal.) If we consume the news on a yearly basis (in the form of books), we can assume about half of what we consume is signal, and the rest noise (randomness). If we increase our frequency to a daily intake, the composition would increase to about 95% noise, and only 5% signal. If we increase our intake to an hourly frequency (as those who follow the stock market or heavy social media users do) the composition increases to 99.5% noise and 0.5% signal. This is roughly 200% more noise than signal, more toxic noise to both misdirect and distract, and has negative effects on our mood.
It seems it's not just hyperbole, it's plain falacious bullshit. Sorry i did not read it all.
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#40Trying to perform a "media consumption strike" without dropping your smartphone is like trying to quit coke while keeping a eight ball in your pocket.