So AI didn't make it to Zuck's 5 most important things for the next decade (but small businesses and VR did)!
Huh?
Things that I think will be important in the next decade
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#272So his main point is a private & potentially decentralised social platform. He didn't address how the platform is going to be funded though. Advertising as we know it is well and truly dead, and I don't think Facebook or Zuckerberg are the right entities to push for change in this field. They've already demonstrated their bad faith and maliciousness. There are ways to make advertising ethical, but Facebook definitely…
>Advertising as we know it is well and truly dead Based on what? More people are spending more money online than ever, the holidays alone in 2019 broke records at an increase of 3.4% over the previous year's sales [0]. That is on top of an increase of 2.8% the previous year, something which was heralded as a disappointment [1]. Given the above, people are clearly being guided what to buy and where to buy it, so how c…
People are creeped out and think phones are listening to them, privacy regulations around the world (GDPR and the California one) are making it very hard to do targeted ads, etc.
Re: Things that I think will be important in the next decade
#273So his main point is a private & potentially decentralised social platform. He didn't address how the platform is going to be funded though. Advertising as we know it is well and truly dead, and I don't think Facebook or Zuckerberg are the right entities to push for change in this field. They've already demonstrated their bad faith and maliciousness. There are ways to make advertising ethical, but Facebook definitely…
> Advertising as we know it is well and truly dead, and I don't think Facebook or Zuckerberg are the right entities to push for change in this field. They've already demonstrated their bad faith and maliciousness. How is advertising as we know it is well and truly dead? Online, it has been different from the time cookies, especially third party cookies, were added on sites. I agree it has become far worse with tracki…
With privacy regulation like GDPR it becomes very hard to do targeted advertising.
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#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reminds me of - VR talk with Mark Zuckerberg (bit nsfw): https://youtu.be/q2LIXcbDiZA It will be a difficult battle for privacy when AR becomes mainstream. They will have reasons to track your surroundings and every body movement. :(
This is unpopular to say, but when we're heading for a mass extinction event, maybe we should be sacrificing freedom for the sake of social cohesion. There should be facial recognition, social score and such things, to preserve humanity from chaos. I think there's a decent case to be made, and that's why I generally appreciate what China is doing. They are the best prepared for what might come.
A valiant effort could be made to make the argument for a social score to achieve a "greater good," but ending the statement by saying you appreciate China's implementation of it kind of ruins the argument. They're not exactly making use of it for "good".
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#275Why does he think he's a thought leader?
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#276Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Full of himself"? Way too mild an indictment. In the last 24 hours Facebook bought a story in a publication, pretended it wasn’t sponsored, their COO posted it, then when they got caught, they denied knowing anything about it. And what was that ad/story about? Their commitment to stopping disinformation. All the while we've learned that they have utterly sold the company to international electioneers.
Citations to your references would be appreciated. It's the first step to overcoming the state of internet disinformation, as well as helping society overcome the fear of missing out just because someone doesn't already know your references.
Upvoted because even though I knew the context of that comment, I consider it poor form to expect everyone else on a public forum to keep up with every bit of daily news.
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#277Earlier quoted context omitted.
One thing I can't understand is why Facebook is still around. But, at the same time, Twitter is still around, too. I guess people got tired switching platforms.
Because they actually solve a real problem for a majority of their users? I mean I get it, I'm on the hate train too but their actual product (the Facebook web site) provides a useful service. It allows me to share a bunch of stuff with a bunch of groups of people who I want to stay in touch with, in a low friction manner. Pretending Facebook is useless is like pretending GM doesn't make cars. Sure, maybe you don't l…
But, GM doesn't make cars.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/business/gm-cars-dropping-pro...
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#278>"at some point in the 2020s, we will get breakthrough augmented reality glasses that will redefine our relationship with technology." Constant video surveillance, direct-to-eyes on-glass advertising, targeted advertising beamed on every approved spot, interests profiling via retina movements/focus and God knows what else will undoubtedly come about if AR glasses become "cool" and ubiquitous like mobile phones. Maybe…
It's exactly like the premise for Black Mirror episode "Nosedive"!
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#279I think Zuck is too full of himself. People often get confused that their success means that they are wise, and that we should listen to them. Should we as well follow the thought leadership of drug cartels and the Saudi monarchs?
"Full of himself"? Way too mild an indictment. In the last 24 hours Facebook bought a story in a publication, pretended it wasn’t sponsored, their COO posted it, then when they got caught, they denied knowing anything about it. And what was that ad/story about? Their commitment to stopping disinformation. All the while we've learned that they have utterly sold the company to international electioneers.
I don't disagree with your overall point, but this specific episode likely was just the usual big-company problem: https://twitter.com/felixsalmon/status/1215092889090392064
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#280Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's wrong with keeping contact details and sending things directly to people?
The UX of that process you describe (without something like facebook) sucks. It's surprising you haven't realized this once you've tried to do that for more than say ~10 people in the list. If the UX sucks, it means it takes more time and energy to do the same thing, it means that I will not be doing the same thing, I will end up sending to less people or less information. Which means that facebook effectively allows…
It is the low cost of Facebook (and social media) messaging that makes me not use it to send messages to people I love and care about. I still call them on the phone. When it comes to relationships, my communication theory is simple: the cost of the medium is the information. Goes without saying in this setting, there's only few people I call "friends."