Thread by @senatorshoshana

fine ill watch the fucking social media documentary. hope you're ready for angry tweets

Very normal and accurate documentaries present only 1 side and no dissenting views

And take dozens of news clips entirely out of context. Very strong start

They don't even challenge the idea of the guy saying "elections are getting hacked." That's not how anything works.

Amazing. The former Google "ethicist" has already lied a ton of times. Misusing the word "addiction," saying elections are "hacked"

"They just have this giant computer that rakes in money"

1) That's not how anything works

2) AMAZING. They just let this other person say that with zero challenge. yeah what does gmail or Facebook do for me.

3)

https://twitter.com/RSI/status/1300136709066305536

OH NO THERE'S A SHOSHANA IN THIS

Predictive data is not new. They act like this is some horrible dystopia. It's not new. AT all. More comprehensive now but not new. Also it's far less comprehensive than they're making it seem

Reminder that the FB guy hasn't worked on FB in 10 years and his "dial up monetization" stuff makes zero sese

SO ASININE re things showing people manipulating a single person's data. YES WE HAVE ALL THESE MODELS SO WE CAN HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS BEHIND A SCREEN MAKING HIM LIKE HIS FRIEND'S PHOTOS MUAHAHAHA

These reenactments are so cringe. SHOUTOUT TO WHOEVER MY 2 SALARIED SOCIAL MEDIA GUARDIAN ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME ARE

THATS NOT WHAT GROWTH HACKING MEANS. It's just like life-hacking - finding new and better ways to grow companies. It can deal with more $ but other efficiency too

AB testing is like super old. Yeah they can do more now but AB testing is not evil. I AB test emails. If you're not AB testing shit you're an idiot

No, this is not like "stimulating nerve cells on a spider" or "like a prison experiment" you FUCKING hack

Reenacting families flipping out over a phone being locked away in a container is and breaking it open is not facts, it's some weird ass reenactment shit

Social media is literally 3 people in a glowing room forcing you to like your friends' pictures, yes

I love "social media knows everything about you and controls you" mixed with "Google search results change based on your location alone." If true, then their data use is hardly groundbreaking

Yes conspiracy theories never spread before social media.

"how do you wake up from the matrix when you don't know you're in the matrix"

very serious documentary here

They're saying companies are working as de facto govts when they regulate themselves... he's not talking about regulation, but the free market. You can argue for regulation but you probably shouldn't if you don't understand that lack of regs =/= government oh my gosh

why do they need a scene w the boy meeting his older self. This is fucking nuts

ok i finished it thank goodness. cc @swodinsky