I hated the social dilemma so much. The dudes being g interviewed obviously had so much to say, much more about ethics and politics than the film wanted to say. It was too scared to take any sort of stance other than "phone bad" which isn't something that any of them were trying to say
Like as you say at the end of the vid, theres mad benefits to phones, obviously, which one of the dudes says, its a miracle you can press a button on your phone and a car shows up. The problem is design for profit instead of user experience
I think that this documentary was an amazing emotional Rollercoaster. But on the rational site of things it falls short when actually thinking about a lot of the arguments/suggestions. This might not be as informative as it could have been, but the hype that it generated due to amazing editing/scripting etc. might actually have an impact on many people and therefore shift the public attention a little bit more to these critical problems. Without it i wouldn't have found this treasure trove of a channel haha
Exactly.. I had expected to see a lot from that documentary but I ended up feeling that.... it could've been so much more.. it covered maybe 50% of the actual thing happening ..
“Hot boredom is like being locked in a padded cell. You are bored, miserable, and irritated. You will probably experience lots of that in your meditation practice. Beyond that, however, with cool boredom, you don’t feel imprisoned. Cool boredom is quite spacious, and it creates further softness and sympathy toward ourselves. In that space, we are no longer afraid of allowing ourselves to experience a gap. In other words, we realize that existence does not depend on constantly cranking up our egomaniacal machine. There is another way of existing.” - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
I'm do not think commenting is a useless habit for everyone. Writing comments is a kind of writing, so if you aim to be a writer, or to use writing in your work, or if you simply enjoy writing, these comment sections can give you a lot of practice. In recent months I've been reading and writing lots of comments, and I've noticed that my writing has improved significantly from that practice.
@@RalphDratman I’m with you Ralph! While on the surface commenting might seem useless it absolutely helps me rationalize, focus my thoughts on any particular issue I’m commenting about, and just generally coalesce my mind around any particular subject/idea/notion. It’s essentially a thought exercise; unless you’re typing stream of consciousness type comments, memes, or just reposting.
I'm still feeling the positive impact of watching Attention Wars. The b=mat equation is a sort of cheat sheet for me. Like every morning, before I get the reward of time on my computer, I fill up my water and take my meds as I sit down. I've been able to build habits that stick by using that formula. I also have 99% of notifications turned off on my phone :P
Great video.. this is exactly what was missing in the social dilemma... But I wanna share something ... Currently with RUclips I've reached a stage where I feel I'm addicted to the educational channels like yours, sci show, physics girl, veritasium etc., etc., I spend hours watching useful content at the wrong time when I should be completing my tasks... I can't resist the temptations that's the reason why I'm here at 3.00am - absolute midnight... I hv no idea how to get over it.... It would be great if you make another video on practical ways to come out of/stay away from digital addiction...
I’m here 2 yrs after your comment and wonder if you’ve made any progress or have further thoughts. I’ve recently realized I may actually be addicted to YT videos. There is so much information and silliness I just seem to enjoy way too much.
@@lindasimons691 hey sorry to know that... I can share a couple of things.. Firstly, you can create separate playlists for productive & entertainment videos.. then you can consciously observe & realise the return of value you're obtaining for the time spent.. it's ok to have low days when you bingewatch but after few days you'll start realising that even the productive videos are not so useful at the end if you don't remember & implement what you've learnt.. Secondly, start taking any actions & keep yourself busy that way.. you can notice reduced screentime coz you are spending it on actually doing something..... Maybe these are the things that can give practical results... Relying on brute force & willpower is not gonna work in the long run especially in this era of short form content... Don't fall into the trap of covering every new content out there coz that's impossible...
I truly appreciate this video and what you're saying. I think once each of us becomes more aware of how were constantly being guided and manipulated by these platforms it becomes much easier to begin noticing our own behaviour, and only then can we start changing that behaviour to not be so easily susceptible to the whims of algorithms. And for that I'm thankful for this video! Personally I've never used social media on my phone, for better or worse, and have found that a good choice, because not only will not I get the impulse to post things willy-nilly, but have to delay the gratification by writing things down and maybe later realizing it might have not been so important after all, I also am able to focus more on what is happening right now, on the people I'm with, and in general just be more mindful. Perhaps I am missing something important by not being connected all the time, but I don't imagine it'd be of more value than not being guided by al of the gorithm family, and robbed of my time. Next time you're having lunch or what not, have a look around and pay attention to where everyone else's attention is focused. :) Again thank you Braincraft! Take care and stay safe
it's interesting to hear that people nowadays are never bored, because I feel constantly bored. Maybe I'm an outlier, but I would be interested to see some research into whether this attention economy might be changing how we perceive boredom.
I use a 2009 Nokia phone. Not for watching this video though because it can't. What it can do is have me not worry about my biometrics and other data being harvested for marketing, plus it's great at not constantly distracting me. I do still have a Facebook account (which I can only access from my computer) but I have unfollowed everything and everyone and only keep it for messenger. No feed. No notifications.
How does all of this apply to traditional users, on a desktop PC rather than a phone? No accelerometer, no microphone, no change in physical location etc.
Like you, I also think the benefits far outweigh the hazards of RUclips and Facebook, if one uses them with reason. I once took part in an experiment on Facebook in which a new app claimed it could tell me who I am using only my Facebook feed. It found me to be an androgynous, 28-year-old artist. In reality, I was a 70-year-old translator with a full beard. What's more, I can safely assert that I have never bought anything owing to ads on social media unless it was something I was specifically looking for. So I'm not worried about any of the insidious perfidies decried in the Social Dilemma.
Imagine what big companies could do with this information! They could for example match people together, so people that have similar profile could meet, talk, create friendships. But instead, they just make us watch more and more, just for profit from ADs... Really sad :(
People using social platforms to address social platforms' tendency to make people addicted to their contents and then advicing not only to keep using the usual social platforms but also to add a new one.
There are steps you can take to use certain kinds of social media yet avoid having social media manipulate your emotions. By far the most powerful method is to screen out all ads. For example, I am an avid user of RUclips. The possibilities for educating oneself are almost limitless on RUclips. I am interested in mathematics, physics, early 20th century movies, jazz, and politics. I pay something like $10 per month for RUclips premium. That means I never have to watch an ad whose placement is controlled by RUclips. The only way I ever see an ad on RUclips is if the channel has made the ad part of the video they created. This very seldom happens. The same general idea works when I am reading other kinds of web pages, because I use an ad blocker, the kind that is featured by my browser as an extension. I occasionally pay the ad blocker company $20 or so. I use Facebook only to answer messages from family or friends. I never post my own material there, nor play games there, nor any other FB activity. So if I have to use FB, I am on and off in a matter of two or three minutes.
Nothing could keep me on Facebook for longer than I need to read and reply to posts I've been notified about by email. RUclips is my favorite online poison, but youtube is far less manipulative than Facebook. I favor musical performances and scientific videos. I shudder to think how I might have reacted to Facebook when I was a younger person.
this is why privacy matters. it's not just about protecting your info from being bought and sold for targeted ads, it's about protecting yourself from social and emotional manipulation.
I also find that a lot of the criticism of the Internet are ripped entirely out of context of the broader world. IVe not watched 'The Social Dilemma' so I cant say if it is an example of this, but take the 'Social Media can make people sad' thing. - Well I can go to BBC News for England right now and what do I see? Man arrested over a murder. Man jailed for killing his ex. Prisoner jailed for cellmate murder. This, all of this, is snuff. Its not informing me of anything. Its not asking me to be on the look out for a criminal, or telling me what murder statistics are, (Theyve actually been down recently.) or what dangers to avoid, it doesnt tell me about a policy or political situation I can contact my MP about, its totally and utterly useless. Its not news. Its horror stories to draw in clicks and perversely entertain our base morbid curiousity. Its snuff. - and its _incredibly_ pervasive in mainstream media, and appears to have serious deleterious effects, as the populace seems to have a horrendously twisted idea of how bad various problems are in our society. - So all that said, Ive no doubt social media can make people sad when people go 'doom scrolling', but... how much better or worse is it in full context? How much better or worse are people who only use social media vs those who grew up glued to the news every night? I honestly dont know the answers to those questions, I just get frustrated that so many takes on the Internet dont seem to ask them at all.
2:44 « moods like happiness or depression » I can’t help but comment on this, depression is a mood DISORDER (a category of mental disorders), calling it a mood feels invalidating, like playing it down when that word actually carries a lot of weight and shouldn’t be thrown around carelessly Otherwise great video!!!
I'm seeing this video 9 days after its launch because YT notified me when it came out, but never again. Ha! My brain was able to remember you uploaded without a notification. I defeated RUclips.
I'm one of those who create such algorithms, I accept that this is true it depends on us to keep in the mind the main motto of creating the algorithm but we never know what can be the outcome of our algorithm in the real life, we really don't know if we create a robot today what it may do in the future based on the data that it looks around the environment. Algorithm is continuously learning from the user data that's why we also don't know what will happen in future But if we see the future outcome then it should be our responsibility to correct that mistake
The only social media I really use is RUclips, which I'm proud of. I gave Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat a chance and walked away from them and haven't really looked back since. Might be time to do the same with YT soon, even if only a little and not completely cutting it out since I've found some channels that I really like
The flip side is that this shows that social media needs us. We have bargaining power against the tech companies, but we haven't yet figured out how to bargain.
Nice video, I can relate to some of the problems you talk about. I couldn't really put a name on it and it bothers me because thanks to the pandemic I am very reliant on social media, and since it started I've noticed how it affected me everyday. Maybe I should take the time to be bored. Anyway, I'm doing my part by commenting. All praise the algorithms.
I don't think there was need to address the positives of social media that much, we use it everyday and know how useful it is, if anything people should hear more about the problems that social media causes even to entire countrys that the discuss at lenght in their podcast "your undivided atention"
We all use psychological tricks on ourselves as well. The best person to fool you is yourself. This has always been the case, long before we had any social media. Or electricity.
I can still talk to my children even when we can't meet up in real life they appreciate it as do I that is amazing the younger generation is growing up with this option I think they will cope better with it than us older types.
Seems like also plenty of people spend the little money they do earn on things they don't need, to impress people they don't like, while trying to spend money they haven't earned on things they do need.
I started deleting all my "entertainment" You tube, and this video popped up after clicking not intrested on all these mindless time vortexes I fall in... Thanks, my thought process leading to the decision was confirmed by your own research provided here.
Were always being told how smart these platforms are at "knowing us", but I've never seen an ad I wanted to watch/click; Amazon recommends such ridiculous stuff... just purchased a TV... yes why not suggest move TVs.
Your channel definitely “mood targets me” haha. This video is interesting and while this mood targeting is not surprising, I definitely am compelled to work on managing screen time 🧠 😬
Not only is there questionable ethics to conducting a study where participants' sadness was increased without their consent. But it also poses an interesting question for how we should behave on the internet. Do we have a moral obligation to minimize our negative posts, so that we reduce the negative impact of our content on the people who come across it?
What was disturbing was the music playing while Vanessa started laying down everything about social media in the first half of the video. That's nice of Curiosity Stream.
My computer is playing tricks on me? But I made it. I clean it pretty much bi-monthly. I installed a Noctua cooler to keep the thermals right... I can't. oh :(
Great content. However, please adjust the Audio Levels among the clips. Everytime you switched to another interviewee, I could not hear them, and when the video returned to you, I was blasted with way too loud audio. There must be some way to Smooth the level of the audio of your posts. Just a suggestion.
To avoid this, I recommanded walking naked in your living room. Seriously, the answer seem to be out of those tool. It's not about deleting app or hidding your phone. It's about the something else you wanna do or where you wanna be. If you want to go swim go for it, be in nature.... and when you do those things don't just jump back to the phone. Take time being grateful for it. My two cents
I want to write here that I am commenting in order to make the algorithm favor this utterly fantastic video. But we all know that I've just been conditioned to comment in anticipation of reinforcement should someone updoot my comment, and I might need help. Oops. 😅 I'll definitely be checking out the new nebula series, that sounds great! Also I can't comment there and feed an addiction!
There's a reasoning mistake in the first part of this. Positive posts increased positive posts, negative posts increased negative posts but BE CAREFUL - post valence is not the same as emotion. Posting is performance. Emotion and post valence may be related but unless I hear someone state that, I will not assume it. People may post one way or another because they unconsciously want to fit in. It likely DOES change emotion but the evidence isn't provided hear that posting valence always matches emotional valence. I think a lot of people who post positively still feel like doo doo.
I liked it. I thought framing yourself with a light on one side and a table with books on the other was good, connoting knowledge. Liked the way you used music to build tension during the part on experimenting with others. Why not use a tablet instead of a smartphone? You get fewer interruptions and tablets are more conducive to long form consumption of information, like reading. It's possible to get some real work done on a tablet. Err...am I trying to hard to influence? Enjoyed the subtle Sean Connery reference. P.S. I just put up some dishes and thought of the old Olivia Newton-John song, 'Please Mr. Please.' Can a button pushing cowboy and a jukebox put us in a bad mood? Then I thought of a Jane Austen novel in which one of the heriones is reading one too many gothic novels and how it gives her mistaken suspicions about what's going on. Don't worry, everything turns out okay in the end. So has the human condition changed all that much? Language is both wonderful and perilous.
I read Vance Packard's book _The Hidden Persuaders_ in the 1960's it made me very afraid of commercial Television. Since then it's gotten worse and I now go to extremes to avoid advertising. I rarely use my phone to access the Internet because the tools aren't available. I've also had to restrict "entertainment" web browsing to an hour or so in the morning. I disagree about how important these things are. Yeah, they're useful and sometimes fun, necessary - no.
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This week I'm just commenting to feed the algorithm gods 🙏
Is there a term for forcing a video into more discover feeds ?
If there is..
May That "force" be with you
@@vibhamahanth2439 🙏
@@braincraft follow you on Instaham? 😂
I haven't seen the video...
Hail Hypnotoad!
I hated the social dilemma so much. The dudes being g interviewed obviously had so much to say, much more about ethics and politics than the film wanted to say. It was too scared to take any sort of stance other than "phone bad" which isn't something that any of them were trying to say
Like as you say at the end of the vid, theres mad benefits to phones, obviously, which one of the dudes says, its a miracle you can press a button on your phone and a car shows up. The problem is design for profit instead of user experience
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I think that this documentary was an amazing emotional Rollercoaster. But on the rational site of things it falls short when actually thinking about a lot of the arguments/suggestions. This might not be as informative as it could have been, but the hype that it generated due to amazing editing/scripting etc. might actually have an impact on many people and therefore shift the public attention a little bit more to these critical problems. Without it i wouldn't have found this treasure trove of a channel haha
Exactly.. I had expected to see a lot from that documentary but I ended up feeling that.... it could've been so much more.. it covered maybe 50% of the actual thing happening ..
"Boredom is good." Damn fine advice, something I have to remind myself often.
“Hot boredom is like being locked in a padded cell. You are bored, miserable, and irritated. You will probably experience lots of that in your meditation practice. Beyond that, however, with cool boredom, you don’t feel imprisoned. Cool boredom is quite spacious, and it creates further softness and sympathy toward ourselves. In that space, we are no longer afraid of allowing ourselves to experience a gap. In other words, we realize that existence does not depend on constantly cranking up our egomaniacal machine. There is another way of existing.” - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Commenting to feed the algorithm
Good idea!
*chomp* that was a tasty comment
replying to feed the algorithm 😃
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Om nom nom
I'm realising coming to comment section has become an unintentional habit, a useless one.
I also have a video on how to break bad habits, if that's what you need 😅
I'm do not think commenting is a useless habit for everyone. Writing comments is a kind of writing, so if you aim to be a writer, or to use writing in your work, or if you simply enjoy writing, these comment sections can give you a lot of practice.
In recent months I've been reading and writing lots of comments, and I've noticed that my writing has improved significantly from that practice.
@@RalphDratman I’m with you Ralph! While on the surface commenting might seem useless it absolutely helps me rationalize, focus my thoughts on any particular issue I’m commenting about, and just generally coalesce my mind around any particular subject/idea/notion. It’s essentially a thought exercise; unless you’re typing stream of consciousness type comments, memes, or just reposting.
I haven't checked my facebook news feed for about 3 weeks, and I really feel much better 😃
I'm still feeling the positive impact of watching Attention Wars. The b=mat equation is a sort of cheat sheet for me. Like every morning, before I get the reward of time on my computer, I fill up my water and take my meds as I sit down. I've been able to build habits that stick by using that formula. I also have 99% of notifications turned off on my phone :P
Great video.. this is exactly what was missing in the social dilemma... But I wanna share something ... Currently with RUclips I've reached a stage where I feel I'm addicted to the educational channels like yours, sci show, physics girl, veritasium etc., etc., I spend hours watching useful content at the wrong time when I should be completing my tasks... I can't resist the temptations that's the reason why I'm here at 3.00am - absolute midnight... I hv no idea how to get over it.... It would be great if you make another video on practical ways to come out of/stay away from digital addiction...
I’m here 2 yrs after your comment and wonder if you’ve made any progress or have further thoughts.
I’ve recently realized I may actually be addicted to YT videos. There is so much information and silliness I just seem to enjoy way too much.
@@lindasimons691 hey sorry to know that... I can share a couple of things.. Firstly, you can create separate playlists for productive & entertainment videos.. then you can consciously observe & realise the return of value you're obtaining for the time spent.. it's ok to have low days when you bingewatch but after few days you'll start realising that even the productive videos are not so useful at the end if you don't remember & implement what you've learnt..
Secondly, start taking any actions & keep yourself busy that way.. you can notice reduced screentime coz you are spending it on actually doing something.....
Maybe these are the things that can give practical results... Relying on brute force & willpower is not gonna work in the long run especially in this era of short form content... Don't fall into the trap of covering every new content out there coz that's impossible...
@@shama_k2604 Thank you for responding.
@@lindasimons691 you're welcome mate😊 all the best for your self improvement journey
I truly appreciate this video and what you're saying.
I think once each of us becomes more aware of how were constantly being guided and manipulated by these platforms it becomes much easier to begin noticing our own behaviour, and only then can we start changing that behaviour to not be so easily susceptible to the whims of algorithms. And for that I'm thankful for this video!
Personally I've never used social media on my phone, for better or worse, and have found that a good choice, because not only will not I get the impulse to post things willy-nilly, but have to delay the gratification by writing things down and maybe later realizing it might have not been so important after all, I also am able to focus more on what is happening right now, on the people I'm with, and in general just be more mindful. Perhaps I am missing something important by not being connected all the time, but I don't imagine it'd be of more value than not being guided by al of the gorithm family, and robbed of my time.
Next time you're having lunch or what not, have a look around and pay attention to where everyone else's attention is focused. :)
Again thank you Braincraft! Take care and stay safe
The Social Dilemma was just easy to digest for more people.
Commenting to make algorithm to fall in love with this channel.
You're too kind 😭
@@akshaychauhan4346 bruh. stop
it's interesting to hear that people nowadays are never bored, because I feel constantly bored. Maybe I'm an outlier, but I would be interested to see some research into whether this attention economy might be changing how we perceive boredom.
I'm just here to say how cool that decaying hand scrolling on the phone is. Whoever drew that has my thanks for putting that in the world. Cheers!
you are defently one of my favorite youtubers/knowledge-spreaders ever. please keep going!
The potential for research with social media is kind of insane
Greetings from Colombia
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I leave my phone at home most of the time. I was wondering why I had so many adds for cat food.
Love how you were able to really bring some attention to the positives, without losing the message.
What a good video, it surely made me want to increase my watchtime.
Please do, but only on this channel
@@braincraft thinking about becoming nebulous
And as always, a new excellent video from brain craft
Another gem from BrainCraft.. Nice work 👍🏻
I use a 2009 Nokia phone. Not for watching this video though because it can't. What it can do is have me not worry about my biometrics and other data being harvested for marketing, plus it's great at not constantly distracting me. I do still have a Facebook account (which I can only access from my computer) but I have unfollowed everything and everyone and only keep it for messenger. No feed. No notifications.
Awesome video quality! 👍🏻
How does all of this apply to traditional users, on a desktop PC rather than a phone? No accelerometer, no microphone, no change in physical location etc.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are fine when you enable a good ad blocker. But saying that I hardly use them.
the algorithms even suggested this to me. seems like either it is stupid or confident that no matter what people will still be on social media
BrainCraft is lowkey my favourite RUclips channel. You're just awesome, Vanessa!
(Psst, algorithm, this one right here!)
Attention wars was 2 YEARS AGO?!?
Amazingly put!!👌
Like you, I also think the benefits far outweigh the hazards of RUclips and Facebook, if one uses them with reason. I once took part in an experiment on Facebook in which a new app claimed it could tell me who I am using only my Facebook feed. It found me to be an androgynous, 28-year-old artist. In reality, I was a 70-year-old translator with a full beard. What's more, I can safely assert that I have never bought anything owing to ads on social media unless it was something I was specifically looking for. So I'm not worried about any of the insidious perfidies decried in the Social Dilemma.
Imagine what big companies could do with this information! They could for example match people together, so people that have similar profile could meet, talk, create friendships. But instead, they just make us watch more and more, just for profit from ADs... Really sad :(
People using social platforms to address social platforms' tendency to make people addicted to their contents and then advicing not only to keep using the usual social platforms but also to add a new one.
Just discovered your channel ! Great great video !
Balance is always the answer :*
thanks for sharing!
This videos is inspirational, amazing, show stopping, just from another world, a must watch, love it!
They always claim it is targeting people for advertising purposes. I think it's more than for advitersing purposes.
Attention Wars was really great, loved it!
There are steps you can take to use certain kinds of social media yet avoid having social media manipulate your emotions. By far the most powerful method is to screen out all ads.
For example, I am an avid user of RUclips. The possibilities for educating oneself are almost limitless on RUclips. I am interested in mathematics, physics, early 20th century movies, jazz, and politics. I pay something like $10 per month for RUclips premium. That means I never have to watch an ad whose placement is controlled by RUclips. The only way I ever see an ad on RUclips is if the channel has made the ad part of the video they created. This very seldom happens.
The same general idea works when I am reading other kinds of web pages, because I use an ad blocker, the kind that is featured by my browser as an extension. I occasionally pay the ad blocker company $20 or so.
I use Facebook only to answer messages from family or friends. I never post my own material there, nor play games there, nor any other FB activity. So if I have to use FB, I am on and off in a matter of two or three minutes.
Vanessa, You are definitely one of the POSITIVES of the internet. Thank you for all the educational videos you make. - Justice Constantine
Did you just quote... yourself ?!
I always find these videos so fascinating
Nothing could keep me on Facebook for longer than I need to read and reply to posts I've been notified about by email. RUclips is my favorite online poison, but youtube is far less manipulative than Facebook. I favor musical performances and scientific videos. I shudder to think how I might have reacted to Facebook when I was a younger person.
This comment feeds the algorithm
this is why privacy matters.
it's not just about protecting your info from being bought and sold for targeted ads, it's about protecting yourself from social and emotional manipulation.
I have to admit, at 2:11 I almost clicked the Skip Ad button.
I also find that a lot of the criticism of the Internet are ripped entirely out of context of the broader world. IVe not watched 'The Social Dilemma' so I cant say if it is an example of this, but take the 'Social Media can make people sad' thing.
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Well I can go to BBC News for England right now and what do I see? Man arrested over a murder. Man jailed for killing his ex. Prisoner jailed for cellmate murder. This, all of this, is snuff. Its not informing me of anything. Its not asking me to be on the look out for a criminal, or telling me what murder statistics are, (Theyve actually been down recently.) or what dangers to avoid, it doesnt tell me about a policy or political situation I can contact my MP about, its totally and utterly useless. Its not news. Its horror stories to draw in clicks and perversely entertain our base morbid curiousity.
Its snuff.
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and its _incredibly_ pervasive in mainstream media, and appears to have serious deleterious effects, as the populace seems to have a horrendously twisted idea of how bad various problems are in our society.
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So all that said, Ive no doubt social media can make people sad when people go 'doom scrolling', but... how much better or worse is it in full context? How much better or worse are people who only use social media vs those who grew up glued to the news every night? I honestly dont know the answers to those questions, I just get frustrated that so many takes on the Internet dont seem to ask them at all.
2:44 « moods like happiness or depression »
I can’t help but comment on this, depression is a mood DISORDER (a category of mental disorders), calling it a mood feels invalidating, like playing it down when that word actually carries a lot of weight and shouldn’t be thrown around carelessly
Otherwise great video!!!
I'm seeing this video 9 days after its launch because YT notified me when it came out, but never again. Ha! My brain was able to remember you uploaded without a notification.
I defeated RUclips.
I give my breaks from certain social media when they get too toxic for me.
I watched the film and I am happy to support this channel.
Commenting for the algorithm
Love the channel!!
I'm one of those who create such algorithms, I accept that this is true it depends on us to keep in the mind the main motto of creating the algorithm but we never know what can be the outcome of our algorithm in the real life, we really don't know if we create a robot today what it may do in the future based on the data that it looks around the environment.
Algorithm is continuously learning from the user data that's why we also don't know what will happen in future
But if we see the future outcome then it should be our responsibility to correct that mistake
The only social media I really use is RUclips, which I'm proud of. I gave Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat a chance and walked away from them and haven't really looked back since. Might be time to do the same with YT soon, even if only a little and not completely cutting it out since I've found some channels that I really like
How did I get here so early? I'm a psych major which I should've realized earlier since I've been subscribed for so long
You're doing great
The flip side is that this shows that social media needs us. We have bargaining power against the tech companies, but we haven't yet figured out how to bargain.
Nice video, I can relate to some of the problems you talk about. I couldn't really put a name on it and it bothers me because thanks to the pandemic I am very reliant on social media, and since it started I've noticed how it affected me everyday. Maybe I should take the time to be bored. Anyway, I'm doing my part by commenting. All praise the algorithms.
SUE THEM!!
I saw your videos and they are very good!
Great video!
I don't think there was need to address the positives of social media that much, we use it everyday and know how useful it is, if anything people should hear more about the problems that social media causes even to entire countrys that the discuss at lenght in their podcast "your undivided atention"
We all use psychological tricks on ourselves as well. The best person to fool you is yourself. This has always been the case, long before we had any social media. Or electricity.
I can still talk to my children even when we can't meet up in real life they appreciate it as do I that is amazing the younger generation is growing up with this option I think they will cope better with it than us older types.
“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”
― Will Rogers
Too true.
Seems like also plenty of people spend the little money they do earn on things they don't need, to impress people they don't like, while trying to spend money they haven't earned on things they do need.
What. A. Quote.
Zeynep Tufekci has an awesome TED talk on the subject, actually.
I started deleting all my "entertainment" You tube, and this video popped up after clicking not intrested on all these mindless time vortexes I fall in... Thanks, my thought process leading to the decision was confirmed by your own research provided here.
The best thing we can do for this problems and many more is to encourage the use and development of free and open source software.
Great Vid!
Were always being told how smart these platforms are at "knowing us", but I've never seen an ad I wanted to watch/click; Amazon recommends such ridiculous stuff... just purchased a TV... yes why not suggest move TVs.
7:07 Nice names are given to the companies shown here. 😂😂
Wonderful 💖
You are Great
I learned a lot from you 😊
Wish you good luck.
Your channel definitely “mood targets me” haha. This video is interesting and while this mood targeting is not surprising, I definitely am compelled to work on managing screen time 🧠 😬
Not only is there questionable ethics to conducting a study where participants' sadness was increased without their consent. But it also poses an interesting question for how we should behave on the internet. Do we have a moral obligation to minimize our negative posts, so that we reduce the negative impact of our content on the people who come across it?
Are these patents not already being used?
why would one need boredom to think of new things if they already have something to do?
I've stopped watching reaction/commentary videos of all kinds
Cus it just makes me say : 7:21
Cus it just makes you say, "you know we always look back later and say: How was it that we allowed that to happen?"
What was disturbing was the music playing while Vanessa started laying down everything about social media in the first half of the video.
That's nice of Curiosity Stream.
Waiting for it.
I need that lamp! I've been looking for something like it!!
Informative video
May the algorithm notice this great job!!
I have duolingo. I hate that if I run out of hearts I can't keep learning. I've gotten addicted to learning japanese
Thank you!!
My computer is playing tricks on me? But I made it. I clean it pretty much bi-monthly. I installed a Noctua cooler to keep the thermals right... I can't. oh :(
Great content. However, please adjust the Audio Levels among the clips. Everytime you switched to another interviewee, I could not hear them, and when the video returned to you, I was blasted with way too loud audio. There must be some way to Smooth the level of the audio of your posts. Just a suggestion.
Shoshanna Zuboff accurately named named these practices ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
A very nice video 👍☺️
To avoid this, I recommanded walking naked in your living room.
Seriously, the answer seem to be out of those tool. It's not about deleting app or hidding your phone. It's about the something else you wanna do or where you wanna be. If you want to go swim go for it, be in nature.... and when you do those things don't just jump back to the phone. Take time being grateful for it.
My two cents
Microphone listen background sound what? WTF
There was heavy selection bias in 'social dilemma.'
I want to write here that I am commenting in order to make the algorithm favor this utterly fantastic video. But we all know that I've just been conditioned to comment in anticipation of reinforcement should someone updoot my comment, and I might need help. Oops. 😅
I'll definitely be checking out the new nebula series, that sounds great! Also I can't comment there and feed an addiction!
Thank you
There's a reasoning mistake in the first part of this. Positive posts increased positive posts, negative posts increased negative posts but BE CAREFUL - post valence is not the same as emotion. Posting is performance. Emotion and post valence may be related but unless I hear someone state that, I will not assume it. People may post one way or another because they unconsciously want to fit in. It likely DOES change emotion but the evidence isn't provided hear that posting valence always matches emotional valence. I think a lot of people who post positively still feel like doo doo.
Please really fix the buggy nebula app
Your documentaries were great
I liked it. I thought framing yourself with a light on one side and a table with books on the other was good, connoting knowledge. Liked the way you used music to build tension during the part on experimenting with others.
Why not use a tablet instead of a smartphone? You get fewer interruptions and tablets are more conducive to long form consumption of information, like reading. It's possible to get some real work done on a tablet. Err...am I trying to hard to influence?
Enjoyed the subtle Sean Connery reference.
P.S. I just put up some dishes and thought of the old Olivia Newton-John song, 'Please Mr. Please.' Can a button pushing cowboy and a jukebox put us in a bad mood? Then I thought of a Jane Austen novel in which one of the heriones is reading one too many gothic novels and how it gives her mistaken suspicions about what's going on. Don't worry, everything turns out okay in the end. So has the human condition changed all that much? Language is both wonderful and perilous.
Did anyone not know the stuff in the social dilemma? A lot of the things they talked about is common knowledge
I feel this should've been recommended to me
I read Vance Packard's book _The Hidden Persuaders_ in the 1960's it made me very afraid of commercial Television. Since then it's gotten worse and I now go to extremes to avoid advertising. I rarely use my phone to access the Internet because the tools aren't available. I've also had to restrict "entertainment" web browsing to an hour or so in the morning. I disagree about how important these things are. Yeah, they're useful and sometimes fun, necessary - no.
That's why I don't to use VR and AR.
Anybody else play Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4 and is just watching all this unfold?
6:12 That Duo looks ancient