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The Social Dilemma - Coggle Diagram
The Social Dilemma
It generates
Benefits
Gather people
Donors are found
Knowledge is acquired easier
Shorten distances
Meet people
Disadvantages
Addiction
Self esteem problems
Sale of personal information
Fake news
Polarization
Insults and scandals
Hacking
How do social networks work?
They present a tool that is used to communicate and to earn money they sell advertising.
But what are they really selling?
"If you´re not paying for the product, then you are the product."
The time of the people
We can say that they are trading with people
"How long can we entertain you?
How much life can we take from you?"
"It´s the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behaviour and perception that is the product."
These applications are competing with each other for the user's attention
They look for all possible ways to get the attention of the user
For example
Tag in photos
Likes
Comments
If a person is near
stories
Notifications
How does this affect people?
Psychologically
Involuntarily generates stereotypes that affect the person's self-esteem
The number of suicide and self-harm cases increased dramatically after social media
Socio-affectively
Generates a desire to know what other people are doing
Generates interest for news and new information about the world in general
Problem with social media addiction
We went from an era of tools to an era of manipulation and addiction
They were created for the common good
But they lost their way and they became a problem
The A.I
Artificial intelligence is a metaphor, as such it does not exist
It is a series of very complex algorithms based on people's opinions