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Social Cooling (2017)

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Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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Is the self censoring of big boy and girl worlds like "murder," "suicide," "execution," "Nazi," and "genocide" on videos and posts related to this? It's been driving me crazy. Do not go quietly into that night and whatnot... Do not comply in advance.

The idea of changing my speech so my words look nice next to a Toyota advertisement fills me with disgust and anger.

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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I wouldn't blame the culture of conformity solely on social media really.

Not what this is about. It is more like everyone needs to earn stars on their star chart to survive and big techs algorithm decides who gets the stars.

Well, yes, and the argument is that it's bad, because people become less connected, can't freely speak their minds etc. My point is there are other, maybe more powerful reasons why people become less connected and might hesitate speaking their minds. Social media that exposes everything and saves everything forever sure helps though.

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #10

It's important to note that this page is almost 10 years old. I do find myself self-censoring in 2025, but it's for a far more boring reason than surveillance capitalism. It's because leaders on the far right literally said people should snitch on each other and dox each other. Much as I hate to say it, I'm sure people on the right have felt the same way for at least a decade.

Personally it's the ownership of the company I work for and the desire to retain most international travel privileges.

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #10

It's important to note that this page is almost 10 years old. I do find myself self-censoring in 2025, but it's for a far more boring reason than surveillance capitalism. It's because leaders on the far right literally said people should snitch on each other and dox each other. Much as I hate to say it, I'm sure people on the right have felt the same way for at least a decade.

It’s not specifically far-right thing. The left are snitching and doxing people for the last decade if not longer.

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #11

Is the self censoring of big boy and girl worlds like "murder," "suicide," "execution," "Nazi," and "genocide" on videos and posts related to this? It's been driving me crazy. Do not go quietly into that night and whatnot... Do not comply in advance. The idea of changing my speech so my words look nice next to a Toyota advertisement fills me with disgust and anger.

Well this has to do with the simple fact that social media reduces the reach of posts containing certain of those words. So if you want to talk about them and reach people..

I wish those outraged with liberal "cancel-culture" would actually care about free speech, instead of only wh3n it suits their narratives.

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not what this is about. It is more like everyone needs to earn stars on their star chart to survive and big techs algorithm decides who gets the stars.

Well, yes, and the argument is that it's bad, because people become less connected, can't freely speak their minds etc. My point is there are other, maybe more powerful reasons why people become less connected and might hesitate speaking their minds. Social media that exposes everything and saves everything forever sure helps though.

Could you elaborate on what those "maybe more powerful reasons" are?

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #14
post #10

It's important to note that this page is almost 10 years old. I do find myself self-censoring in 2025, but it's for a far more boring reason than surveillance capitalism. It's because leaders on the far right literally said people should snitch on each other and dox each other. Much as I hate to say it, I'm sure people on the right have felt the same way for at least a decade.

It’s not specifically far-right thing. The left are snitching and doxing people for the last decade if not longer.

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Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #14
post #10

It's important to note that this page is almost 10 years old. I do find myself self-censoring in 2025, but it's for a far more boring reason than surveillance capitalism. It's because leaders on the far right literally said people should snitch on each other and dox each other. Much as I hate to say it, I'm sure people on the right have felt the same way for at least a decade.

It’s not specifically far-right thing. The left are snitching and doxing people for the last decade if not longer.

PyCon was the turning point. I used to have accounts under my real name in Slashdot etc. before then.

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #16
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, yes, and the argument is that it's bad, because people become less connected, can't freely speak their minds etc. My point is there are other, maybe more powerful reasons why people become less connected and might hesitate speaking their minds. Social media that exposes everything and saves everything forever sure helps though.

Could you elaborate on what those "maybe more powerful reasons" are?

No, I don't feel qualified. But it looks to me that there were times when challenging authorities and questioning general opinion was cool, and these times ended before social media kicked in. Maybe urbanization and generally people not staying in one place long enough are to blame, not sure.

Re: Social Cooling (2017)

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post #14
post #10

It's important to note that this page is almost 10 years old. I do find myself self-censoring in 2025, but it's for a far more boring reason than surveillance capitalism. It's because leaders on the far right literally said people should snitch on each other and dox each other. Much as I hate to say it, I'm sure people on the right have felt the same way for at least a decade.

It’s not specifically far-right thing. The left are snitching and doxing people for the last decade if not longer.

The tactic become normalized amongst the extremes of both sides. “ 5% of the wizards casting 85% of the spells.”
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