How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds

Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by dorfsmay on Friday May 20, 2016 @10:57AM (#11738309)

Getting people hooked/addicted is not new, it's been used in TV series and shows for decades. I'll explain it all in my next post...

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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by Godel_unicode on Friday May 20, 2016 @11:37AM (#11738679)

Please elaborate in the form of a list of weird tricks

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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by mmariani on Friday May 20, 2016 @02:36PM (#11740344)

He just did with this:

> I'll explain it all in my next post...

By leaving it hanging your curious mind could not resist the temptation and started to fill in the blanks, and when that wasn't enough you posted a request for more. That's why the main characters never get home or never make out — it's a lot like an infinite scroll.

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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by akaij on Sunday May 22, 2016 @01:31AM (#11747467)

> and when that wasn't enough you posted a request for more

I think that was very much intentional.

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Re:How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds by sjcsjc on Friday May 20, 2016 @11:53AM (#11738838)

Regrettably, "they" don't wish you to know those tricks.

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