Re:Facebook showed me my data is everywhere and I have absol...
by csallen on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:46PM
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> I have no idea why people don't call BS on news orgs that run 'exposes' on Facebook's ad targeting, when they target, track and follow their readers in exactly the same way.
Not only is the media guilty of many of the popular tech company sins, but they originated them.
* Putting us all into filter bubbles where a few big players control and curate the information seen by the masses? The media did it first.
* Using the aforementioned powers to affect elections and democracy, sometimes adversely? The media did it first.
* Advertiser-supported business models? The media did it first.
* Obsessively optimizing the product for reads/clicks, thus leading to sensationalist clickbait headlines, an overabundance of negativity, and an extreme focus on novelty above all else? The media did it first.
The media doesn't like tech for the same reason you almost always see when any two industries feud with each other: because they're competitors and one feels threatened by other.
Not only is the media guilty of many of the popular tech company sins, but they originated them.
* Putting us all into filter bubbles where a few big players control and curate the information seen by the masses? The media did it first.
* Using the aforementioned powers to affect elections and democracy, sometimes adversely? The media did it first.
* Advertiser-supported business models? The media did it first.
* Obsessively optimizing the product for reads/clicks, thus leading to sensationalist clickbait headlines, an overabundance of negativity, and an extreme focus on novelty above all else? The media did it first.
The media doesn't like tech for the same reason you almost always see when any two industries feud with each other: because they're competitors and one feels threatened by other.