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Hey folks, long time no post. Anyways, this is an idea that came to me in a bout of introspection (mild foreshadowing, that big introspection post is still coming some day), and I'll fully admit that it probably says a lot more about me than it does about the population at large. Nonetheless, I think some of you might relate to an extent or be able to expand on the idea.
I admit, I'm still a user of some normie social media, mostly on the basis of keeping up with friends. I've noticed recently, that as I scroll more, I've gotten significantly less pessimistic and angry about the world. I've realized this and taken steps to correct it, but I've wondered why it seemed to happen. The answer, is, of course as always for Chao Tse-Tung, to direct/deflect the problem outwards!
The crux of the idea goes something like this, laid out in entirety:
This isn't even to mention the addiction aspect of it all, either. It's like bread and circus to the umpteenth level combined with subliminal propaganda, wherein everyone can tailor their own specific bread and circuses which both distract them from a majority of the world's ills and convince them to look away from the ones they do notice. Combining that with the actual media propaganda, and you can see why despite how bad it all is how nothing is being fucking done. I'm gonna sign this off before it turns into a socialist rant, but I'd like to get some feedback on this.
I'm sure this is nowhere near an original idea, and apologies for the shitty phone attempt at formatting.
I admit, I'm still a user of some normie social media, mostly on the basis of keeping up with friends. I've noticed recently, that as I scroll more, I've gotten significantly less pessimistic and angry about the world. I've realized this and taken steps to correct it, but I've wondered why it seemed to happen. The answer, is, of course as always for Chao Tse-Tung, to direct/deflect the problem outwards!
The crux of the idea goes something like this, laid out in entirety:
- Social media algorithms exist
- The basic function of these algorithms are to keep us scrolling
- They do this by showing us more of the posts that we look at for longer and engage with more
- This function is now essentially layman's knowledge for anyone who's been on the internet for more than 10 minutes
- Users will, therefore, purposefully direct their habits towards looking and interacting with things they like, and blatantly ignoring things they don't like
- Social media users then have a framework in their mind to ignore things that they don't like and emphasize the good, resulting in the creation of somewhat of a "forced optimism."
This isn't even to mention the addiction aspect of it all, either. It's like bread and circus to the umpteenth level combined with subliminal propaganda, wherein everyone can tailor their own specific bread and circuses which both distract them from a majority of the world's ills and convince them to look away from the ones they do notice. Combining that with the actual media propaganda, and you can see why despite how bad it all is how nothing is being fucking done. I'm gonna sign this off before it turns into a socialist rant, but I'd like to get some feedback on this.
I'm sure this is nowhere near an original idea, and apologies for the shitty phone attempt at formatting.