Oh my God, Facebook (like Google, YouTube, Twitter etc) is an advertising business maximizing revenues and profits by trying to make you stay hooked in as long as possible. Maximize engagement, in technospeak. Jesus, the sharks of the old media have never heard of such things before, when the world was safe in its place […]
Discutie interesanta azi la Bruxelles despre scandalul FB/Cambridge Analytica si social media in general. Se confirma ce spuneam si ce am avut onoarea sa repet la brux: social media sunt in fond firme de marketing, o industrie veche de sapte decenii (vezi Mad Men), care face bani din advertising (inclusiv politic), targeting si comercializarea listelor […]
E multa hiper-ventilatie in povestea asta cu Cambridge Analytica, FB si psihologul rus, cum se intampla cand ai un subiect cool (internet, AI, etc), potential de paranoia si conspirativita (iluminatii ne fura identitatile si ne manipuleaza mintile), plus mass media democratica, adica excitabila. Fiecare trage de par explicatii incotro il duce capul: unii zic sa […]
