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Manipulating Social Media

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by Sas, Mar 31, 2019.

  1. Mar 31, 2019 at 1:25 PM
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    Sas

    Sas [OP] Humor is everywhere

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    If you're not yet familiar with the Smarter Every Day channel on YT, here's your introduction. This is a fascinating look at how YT (and also all of us) are being manipulated by various entities for various reasons by the purposed manufacturing of YT content. As a software engineer by trade I can say that, from a news and information consumption standpoint, this is probably going to be the most important video series we'll watch all year.

     
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  2. Apr 8, 2019 at 12:06 PM
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    Sas [OP] Humor is everywhere

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    Part II is out: Twitter Platform Manipulation

     
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  3. Apr 8, 2019 at 12:51 PM
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    Thanks for posting. I'm not surprised by any of this, but goes back to whether or not someone believes the content (and I'm sure there are millions of people that do). For 1) I do not get my news from social media. 2) What I do see, I take with a grain of salt. More importantly, 3) I analyze what I just saw and decide if I want to believe it and if so, follow up with additional research on my own.

    I've always told myself that social media has evolved into a cancer; it allows bad information for others to see and allows folks to post shit that is not real and then goes viral as noted in the vid. People need to read and make decisions on their own. That's why, and not getting into the politics of it all, I don't believe the whole Russian interference thing. Whatever they may or may not have posted didn't influence my decision one way or the other. Shame that a lot of people allow themselves to be influenced like that.
     
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  5. Apr 8, 2019 at 12:56 PM
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    As my father once told me many years ago, "don't believe everything you hear and only half of what you see".
     
  6. Apr 8, 2019 at 12:57 PM
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  7. Apr 8, 2019 at 1:00 PM
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  8. Apr 8, 2019 at 2:18 PM
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    Thankfully I just focus on software integrations, API's and Windows application development now. I gave up trying to keep up with web. I keep the basics handy, but man that space is a madhouse.
     
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  9. Apr 8, 2019 at 2:27 PM
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    THIS place is my social media :D i can do without fb, twitter, and the rest of it. you people are crazy enough, and you were all smart enough to buy a toyota :devil:
     
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    Right there w/ya. I saw what it was becoming years ago and bailed on the whole scene. What's interesting about these videos is that you can see how the media has not only been susceptible to manipulation, but also manipulates narratives (or tries to) as well. It's crazy to think that we have to be hyper-vigilant regarding information consumption now. Even in everyday conversations I hear people talking about shit that I know to be completely false. Twitter, FB, and YT can fight it all they want, but the sophistication is only going to get better. Assuming that people don't abandon these platforms out of mistrust/abuse, it could actually be a big driver of AI development.
     
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    :fistbump:
     
  12. Apr 24, 2019 at 12:24 PM
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    Part III is out: Manipulating Facebook

     
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    Forums are my only form of social media. No facebook, instagram, snapchat, whatsapp or anything like them.
     
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    Social media (FB, Twits, Insta, etc) has gotten way out of hand and as I've said for years, it is the cause of most everything bad going on in the world. But not all.
    I have a FB for business only, post maybe 8-9 times a year. other than that, I have no use for SM.
    I do post on forums that are moderated, I own a few forums, been moderator and admin. on a few. It's not easy but necessary to have moderators and admins and it helps forums stay friendly.
    So, be nice to your mods and admins. :devil:
     
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    if this is social media, I shouldn't listen to any of it? Im confusedly bigly........:confused::fistbump::redxfall::poking::worthless:
     
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  18. Apr 24, 2019 at 2:04 PM
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    Lol, had to look that one up.
     
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    I fell like his videos are trying to manipulate me to subscribe to ExpressVPN haha
     
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  20. Apr 24, 2019 at 3:40 PM
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  21. Apr 24, 2019 at 3:41 PM
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    Lol, yeah I usually go do something else when he gets into the sponsor part of his videos. Kind of de-legitimizes the message a little for me.
     

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