Apparently, very few people learnt something from #CambridgeAnalytica.
The problem was not (just) #Facebook selling your #data to evil guys.
It was #evil guys manipulating your beliefs through #SocialNetworks thanks to such data.
So you should ask yourself: how did I become so easy to manipulate?
One word: #segmentation.
It's a old #marketing technique that constructs homogeneous groups to target.
Facebook do this algorithmically.
You do this manually on #mastodon, through block and anger.
@Shamar Actually the people who invented democracy also invented
ostrasization.
Like the exact same people. At the exact same time. Ostrasizing people is a crucial part of democracy.
@Shamar You’re confusing citizens in a city-state with people online. Citizens aren’t isomorphic with people. Citizens in this context are wealthy men who were born in Athens. It’s a racist, patriarchal concept you’re defending. Anyone who knows anything about Athens knows that it’s where populism was born. So you’re either ignorant of history and yet preaching on it, or you’re a racist patriarchal troll. I don’t have time for your “divergent opinions” which are shit.
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@Shamar just don't be so easy to manipulate, ez.
Social media presents an opportunity to enrich our lives.
I block people who are Nazis, racists, or sexist, trolls, and other jerks, not because I am angry, but because they add no value to my life at all.
I doubt very much that by doing so, I am creating a homogeneous group
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@Shamar does this argument have space for the nuance between blocking someone because they are different vs blocking someone because they are harassing you vs blocking some because they are not directly harassing you specifically but the things they post are triggering and without CW vs other decisions like that?
(I'm struggling to think of a time when I've blocked because of "differences".)