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A video essay on what we give up in exchange for the convenience that social media and algorithms provide.

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Auth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah? Do you disagree or something

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ya, I disagree that it makes things more convenient, and I disagree it brings “everything” under one umbrella.

It makes some communication easier. That’s about how far I’m willing to go to describe its positives.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am meaning it has "everything" the average user wants all in one place. For example on Facebook you can see news, talk with friends, share any media, play games, join communties for a wide variety of hobbies. Its also designed to keep you on site. This makes it a 1 stop shop for people. We can look at all the big platforms and see that they have a wide variety of content to keep the user entertained and methods to make them not want to go anywhere else.

I dont think its good, like the title of the post I think the convenience of everything being in a single site/app is a trap.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago

And I guess what I'm saying is it's not a trap, it's explicitly not even convenience. Yes, it's full of dopamine producing trinkets that make you want to stay on the site, but don't mistake it for convenience. Convenience is the wrong word.