Thread by @KartikDayanand

#TheSocialDilemma on Netflix is a very important documentary for those who aren't aware of the perils of online addiction and how platforms manipulate our behavior.

I've been writing about this very topic for a really long time. Check this thread:

@SocialDilemma_

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Way back in 2012, I was one of the first ones to call Facebook the enemy of the internet. This was a turning point in the history of Facebook; leading us into a crazy future.

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#TheSocialDilemma / @SocialDilemma_

minduread.com/2012/05/meet-e…

Before that, in 2010, I made some predictions about Facebook, where it was supposed to annihilate Twitter. Eventually it was Instagram that did what I predicted.

Twitter survived because Facebook picked commerce before conscience in 2012.

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minduread.com/2010/12/facebo…

Then in 2014, when Apple Watch launched, I wrote this piece about how we are increasingly getting sucked into a Matrix. And how this could prove to be really dangerous for society.

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#TheSocialDilemma / @SocialDilemma_

minduread.com/2014/09/apple-…

And at the fag end of 2015, I wrote this piece at the peak of the Facebook free basics program outrage in India.

I argued that the issue is much bigger than that and this is just the tip of the iceberg.

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#TheSocialDilemma / @SocialDilemma_

minduread.com/2015/12/is-thi…

If you are concerned about whatever you've seen in #TheSocialDilemma, do read all my posts in this thread too.

And guess what...we are yet to see the worst of whatever the documentary talks about.

We already see a glimpse of it in the Twitter trends.

@SocialDilemma_

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