DUNCE OF THE MONTH
The coup de grâce is the confessional from Haugen, a former product manager, who notes that her ex-employer may flag disturbing content but fails to follow up and take action. In short, Facebook operates with the following ethos: ethics be damned, all at the unholy altar of engagement . Big Tech comprises a fleet of digital narco peddlers, pushing dime-bag dopamine spikes of followers and clicks for profit – all under the soiled veil of community and connecting . Big Tobacco had the same reckoning decades ago... With cigarette sales up in smoke now, it’s clear our smartphones have risen as the replacement addictive accessory du jour (we kept the filters). But at least drags of Marlboros would give you hits of relief before they eventually killed you. uncovers how fully aware Facebook’s top executives are of the ill psychological effects that Facebook has on its users (particularly children) and how unwilling they are to address or improve these (deliberate) flaws. This biopsy includes how the platform muffled pro-vaccination efforts, how they know that Instagram is toxic for teens’ mental health, and how rage is essential for reshares. Big Tech comprises a fleet of digital narco peddlers, pushing dime-bag dopamine spikes of followers and clicks for profit – all under the soiled veil of community and connecting.
Did you ever leave a Facebook or Instagram session thinking, I feel better about myself and the world now ? No. It’s enough to make you take up smoking... But once the causality of cancer from cigarettes was indisputable, the market reflected the consumers’ choice. And once the link between mental illness and Facebook is too undeniable to ignore, poor Mark may lose some (or all) of his fake friends. THE BROKEN RULES OF ENGAGEMENT But it appears the universe isn’t without a wicked sense of humor. On October 5, Facebook went dark. All the company’s flagship products went offline, a beautifully karmic kiss-off leaving Zuck to lose $6 billion in mere hours. Coupled with the whistleblower revelations, the platform’s hemorrhaging money, with its stock in freefall. Zuckerberg has now dropped below Bill Gates on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. How. Will. He. Survive? As an awkward kid on the Harvard quads, Zuckerberg didn’t love the world around him... So, he coded himself a new one. That’s laudable. But two decades later, his descent into social media despot now threatens the mental health of a generation and the very DNA of our democracy. So kindly, Mark – the world would like to unfriend you now (but don’t worry, you won’t get a notification).
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