Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
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Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
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Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#2That’s because the company correctly intuited a significant gap between its users stated preference — no News Feed — and their revealed preference, which was that they liked News Feed quite a bit. The next fifteen years would prove the company right.
That is also why you don't rely solely on your own preferences and behaviors for deciding what product features to build.
Also interesting:
1. The Pre-Internet ‘People Magazine’ Era
2. Content from ‘your friends’ kills People Magazine
3. Kardashians/Professional ‘friends’ kill real friends
4. Algorithmic everyone kills Kardashians
5. Next is pure-AI content which beats ‘algorithmic everyone’
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#3Does an addict "like" the thing they are addicted to? Or have the chemical responses in their brain been manipulated to the advantage of the person selling the addiction?
Recommendation media is the perfection of a system that uses our dopamine response to control the behavior of those viewing it. At some point, I think we can agree that this isn't good for those consuming the content, especially as research shows that increased consumption decreases feelings of happiness and increases loneliness.
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#4im afraid this short attention optimized dopamine manipulation system is going to be deterimental for our collective mental and cognitive capacity, especially with covid.
in particular im fearful of the impact on young developing minds, this is literally setting them up for failure or maybe this is the end goal?
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#5im afraid this short attention optimized dopamine manipulation system is going to be deterimental for our collective mental and cognitive capacity, especially with covid. in particular im fearful of the impact on young developing minds, this is literally setting them up for failure or maybe this is the end goal?
I am on a crusade to regulate my wife's instagram usage and will pretty much ban social media for my children (or at-least heavily regulate it). My wife agrees that she is much happier on the aggregate when she uses instagram less. Having worked in industries close to social media, the people here have no qualms about doing anything possible to increase revenue, whats worse is how smart some of the people are.
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#6“the company correctly intuited a significant gap between its users stated preference — no News Feed — and their revealed preference, which was that they liked News Feed quite a bit.”
I think what it actually revealed is that you can sometimes force people to accept something other than their stated preference, if you do it gradually enough and leave them no choice in the matter.
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#7That’s because the company correctly intuited a significant gap between its users stated preference — no News Feed — and their revealed preference, which was that they liked News Feed quite a bit. The next fifteen years would prove the company right. That is also why you don't rely solely on your own preferences and behaviors for deciding what product features to build. Also interesting: 1. The Pre-Internet ‘People M…
"the replacement of humans with machines will continue until morale improves"
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#8There is something about the TikTok style swiping videos which just hits differently.
I am far from the demographic for TikTok, but find it super addictive so just keep it off my phone.
I barely use Instagram, but having checked in a few times recently I find myself mindlessly swiping their “Reels” for hours before pulling myself away from it.
YouTube is my goto timewaste, but now when I pick it up on mobile I find myself in their “Shorts” feature which is the same kinda thing.
Just that cycle of short videos in rapid fire…. humour, interesting fact, attractive woman, aspirational products, beautiful scenery, political argument then back around the cycle again is just like digital crack.
Just say no!
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#9Does an addict "like" the thing they are addicted to? Or have the chemical responses in their brain been manipulated to the advantage of the person selling the addiction? Recommendation media is the perfection of a system that uses our dopamine response to control the behavior of those viewing it. At some point, I think we can agree that this isn't good for those consuming the content, especially as research shows th…
A rule of thumb I sometimes use to assess products, including ones I've built:
Looking back at the last year, are you (or your users) happy with the time spent using the product? Do you/they regret it?
Juicing short-term engagement can be effective for startups, but it isn't everything, and doesn't necessarily lead to lasting value.
Re: Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends
#10Does an addict "like" the thing they are addicted to? Or have the chemical responses in their brain been manipulated to the advantage of the person selling the addiction? Recommendation media is the perfection of a system that uses our dopamine response to control the behavior of those viewing it. At some point, I think we can agree that this isn't good for those consuming the content, especially as research shows th…
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