72 sats \ 3 replies \ @SilkyNinja 25 Jun \ on: Stacker Saloon
I’m reading Surveillance Capitalism right now, chapter “Rendition from the Depths” and had the bizarre and upsetting thought cross my mind:
Does TikTok (or any other feed-based app with camera access) use facial recognition on active users to emotionally read them and determine what content to feed them? Do they know how to emotionally/behaviorally guide their users into engaging further with the product? Do they prioritize that (product engagement) over any other imperative - such that, if it’s apparent that a user remains engaged with the product when anxious or angry, is the feed designed to keep the user anxious or angry in order to keep them engaged? Phew
when I go on the train 🚄 I look at the other people 👥 and it's incredible to see how without exaggeration, I would say that 80% of the people are stuck on their phones 📲 just swiping up with their finger, and watching short video after short video and so they go from one station to another only that they swipe their finger completely trapped, the other percentage goes in chat conversations, reading or playing maybe but for the most part they are trapped with their finger ⤵️
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My understanding is that it’s used to inform your recommendations, but I don’t know how rapidly the recommendations respond.
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Later in the chapter the author suggests that the technology available as of 2016 would be near-instantaneous.
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