https://www.deceptive.design/types (formerly "Dark Patterns").
Very interesting list of deceptive influences. Thanks for sharing.
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arunsupe commented on Ask HN: Where are we vulnerable to exploitation online these days? · Posted by u/arunsupe
Turn off recommendations and personalized results. Don't use social media or TikTok. Read only wire service news (Reuters and the Associated Press) and maybe a local paper.
It gets boring pretty quickly this way since you're just kinda stuck in your own little bubble, but you drastically cut down on the propaganda. Downside, I have no idea what trends are anymore or what normal people care about. But it's a lot less stressful being out of the loop than wrapped up in it.
Thanks for your comments.
I am finding myself getting sucked into the decisiveness and click baiting nowadays. Want to implement some of these counter measures. Here are my thoughts: 1. DDG or searxng for search YouTube only via the search engine (not YouTube's recommendations - worse than tiktok) 2. Reuters for news (no CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, fox, Google, Yahoo) 3. No social media (don't do this much anymore already) 4. Turn off personalization for Google (I use this the most)
This should limit a large percent of external influence. Any other thoughts/suggestions?
I understand your point about “boring”. But, I wonder if I will form my own interests if given more balanced options.
There’s nowhere else besides cnbc, npr, ever major tv talkshow, and everything but Fox News. Oh and every major print publication in the country.
Hehe. You are right. There are many leftist media outlets.
But my point was not to be partisan; just to note that there will be lots of news to cover. Trump is a controversial figure. Every news outlet will profit. Now is not the time to downsize.
Not sure why. Criticizing the republican (especially Trump) government will be hugely profitable - just under 50% of the US population (175M people) is looking for such criticism, and there is no one else to do it. Every day there will be many opportunities to discuss/analyze/criticize/mock/fact-check/challenge.
They should be upsizing, not downsizing. My $0.02.
arunsupe commented on Ask HN: How long until a social media influencer wins a Nobel Prize? · Posted by u/arunsupe
I say 25+ years. The prize committee has to be used to the idea of influencers, so once Gen Z dominates the committee, we'll see one. Of course, the influencer will need to do something worthy —maybe an influencer who aids in world peace. Or one who uses their followers to aid in a world-changing study or experiment.
I'm more interested in knowing what an influencer will need to do to get the price.
My question was tongue-in-cheek. I feel the Nobel committee, like every other organization, is also trying to stay relevant and topical. Hard to do this by giving out prizes to old scientists from obscure fields, no matter how important their findings. Hence, a congratulatory prize for the first black president of the USA, a consolation prize for another for losing to Bush, now prizes for computer scientists at the center of the AI fad... An influencer is the logical endpoint for this trend. Other examples of such slipping-down-the-slope: "Time's person of the year" is always a person in the limelight, Oscars favor blockbusters rather than movies with great acting, ditto with music awards, companies that rebranded to the .com fad or the iDevice fad...
arunsupe commented on Ask HN: How long until a social media influencer wins a Nobel Prize? · Posted by u/arunsupe
Barack Obama already did.
:-)