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Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by kristopolous »

kaashif wrote: post #79
kristopolous wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's an entire book on this I read a few years ago, let me find it

Is it https://www.momtestbook.com/ ? That's a good one.

Edit: I'm back. It's "The Right It" https://www.albertosavoia.com/therightit.html

Essentially the observation was the same. A person claiming they'd buy something is worthless information. He had some strategies for getting around it that I've long since forgotten.

It's apparently not on archive.org yet. I just dropped my copy into my next donation box. It'll be there eventually now.

The term he used was "pretotyping" that term will probably yield everything you need.

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by nme01 »

makeitdouble wrote: post #77
gcmac wrote: post #71

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I don't understand why they don't just make the "reciprocity" argument. The fact that we allow Chinese social networks in the US while they block ours doesn't pass the smell test. To me, this line of argument is easier to rally around as it's more business focused and avoids free speech/national security debates which only serve to muddy the waters

Would you be fine with the same reciprocity regarding car export rules for instance ? On principle the "reciprocity" card can't be used only when it helps and discarded otherwise.

I thought that only authoritarian regimes are blocking foreign medias and that’s a bad thing. At least that’s sth US was preaching. It seems freedom of press or free market is only good when it serves you.

Not really discovering anything new here. Just showing that countries only use values at their convenience.

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by [deleted] »

nvoeiah wrote: post #4

>Among iPhone owners, a striking 91% of respondents indicate that they would prefer Apple to release the iPhone every other year rather than every year. Among respondents not owning the iPhone, this fraction is even larger, at 94%. I wonder why the 94% care so much about a phone that they do not even intend to own. I can't help but think that this study simply shows that more people should mind their own damn busines…

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Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by tempsy »

mcpackieh wrote: post #51
boppo1 wrote: post #27

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Is it really worse than insta? t. Insta user, never had tiktok

Istagram is an American country, so it should probably be considered to be counter to the national interests of any country other than America and maybe America's close strategic allies. Particularly, if you're the leader of a country America considers to be a strategic rival, then you should definitely give serious consideration to blocking American social media. Personally I think it's bad for America too, but it's…

It turns people into consumer sheep, which is actually a positive for a capitalistic society.

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by bensecure »

makeitdouble wrote: post #77
gcmac wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why they don't just make the "reciprocity" argument. The fact that we allow Chinese social networks in the US while they block ours doesn't pass the smell test. To me, this line of argument is easier to rally around as it's more business focused and avoids free speech/national security debates which only serve to muddy the waters

Would you be fine with the same reciprocity regarding car export rules for instance ? On principle the "reciprocity" card can't be used only when it helps and discarded otherwise.

Isn't reciprocity usually applied to tariffs? Hence why bilateral free trade deals need to be struck.

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by Hugsun »

hedora wrote: post #54
dns_snek wrote: post #32

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I'm not sure if this is directly relevant since parent was discussing the pressure of owning the latest iPhone , not just an iPhone. That said, I've read about the "blue bubble" phenomenon and it's truly a bizarre manifestation of consumerism. I'm European and the Android market share is really high over here, so I haven't witnessed it first hand.

The blue bubble thing isn’t about iMessage as much as it is about android messages sucking so hard it affects iOS users. SMS/RCS don’t support large files, (There’s no practical limit with iMessage) and video / images look like garbage. It intentionally corrupts the shit out of gps coordinates. It can’t even make decent audio or video calls. It’s tied to a phone number, and there’s no way to know if the recipient num…

My impression was that you could send SMS through iMessage but when it's between iphones it doesn't use old school phone tech at all and just goes through the internet like other web based messaging apps. But only between apple devices of course.

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by tempsy »

xenospn wrote: post #23

Did they actually take the money /pay and deactivate or is this all hypothetical? Because I don’t believe this for a second.

I think the general idea is a lot of people feel pressured to be on social media when they wouldn't otherwise be on social media if no one else was

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by intrasight »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #57
jawns wrote: post #50

One of the contributing factors here is that we keep calling these "social networks," but that's not really what they're being used for. If you look at an average user's feed, it probably breaks down into 30% traditional advertising, 20% nontraditional advertising (via influencers and friends shilling for their employers and promoting their side hustles), 30% content by people they have no social relationship with (c…

Do people really use TikTok to keep up with their friends? I'd think it's mostly for pure entertainment, like Youtube or even MTV (the TV channel).

Exactly. I don't care what my friends do on Netflix or Youtube or TikTok or even Instagram. My life and those of my friends don't much intersect with the digital video entertainment we consume. Facebook and text messages are where I interact with friends. On neither do I see non-friend stuff nor ads (I use FB on desktop with filters)

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by dantheman »

function_seven wrote: post #74
mcpackieh wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Playing deliberately obnoxious music to a captive audience? Yeah that's a CIA torture technique. Unironically.

They're doing it (I presume) in the middle of the day, and for a couple of hours maybe. They're not keeping the victims up for 48 hours straight playing the music. I think it's a fine idea for a fundraiser.

Fundraisers should benefit both people, this is extortion.

Re: Large shares of consumers use social media out of a fear of missing out

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Post by [deleted] »

jawns wrote: post #50

One of the contributing factors here is that we keep calling these "social networks," but that's not really what they're being used for. If you look at an average user's feed, it probably breaks down into 30% traditional advertising, 20% nontraditional advertising (via influencers and friends shilling for their employers and promoting their side hustles), 30% content by people they have no social relationship with (c…

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