> The Americans who marked this decade most visibly with their anger and impotence are, of course, young white men.
Not that young anymore, another "lost generation"? Lost in clicks, taps, swipes, likes, and upvotes. The only truly innovative invention of social networks is the psychological one, yet not done by the pschylogical professionals - how to mercilessly monetize and exploit the dopamine injection cycle of a human. Shall we invent a way to block on demand the dopamine inflow, the same way we block ads and shut down the lights in a room?
> It seizes some of the best, noblest human instincts — to share, to know, to connect, to belong — and harnesses them to a degrading system of profit.
This just screams "Tinder" (for a male) with their premium plans, "boosters", and whatnot. Yet here I am - contributing my time and intellectual ability on a website from a country where I will never live or work, which on my entry attempt will assume I'm an intruder, ie. I'm trowing both into a black hole. Please upvote.
Internet with social networks enabled something new. Massive global crowd for whom English is the lingua franca. The creativity of this crowd is consumed by American corporations sucking them into their outsourcing centers (or even better more recently - free labour with a promise of becoming an influencer), and the spreading of language is choked by the copyright lobbies. Don't take as granted having your language as a lingua franca, Anglosphere, be timid - 30 years ago we would speak French and you'd be out of this conversation.
> German was the language of science prior to WW1.
I would say well into the WWII even. Especially in the Central Europe, regions under influence of Austro-Hungary, and half of Balkans. Then Germans with Austrians... well... fucked everything up definitely and irrevocably.
In 1989, yes. Guess in what languages were translated the fields in passports of many countries from the Communist block? French, German, and Russian.
> Honestly if you think social networks are just for people who speak english you gotta take a look at the world a bit more.
Depends on how you see yourself. Passive viewer, poster? You're right. Contributor, creator of platforms and systems, advanced content creator? Try doing these without knowing English. Yeah, I mean more generally "the internet" and "the web" rather than social networks only.
> This just screams "Tinder" (for a male) with their premium plans, "boosters", and whatnot. Yet here I am - contributing my time and intellectual ability on a website from a country where I will never live or work, which on my entry attempt will assume I'm an intruder, ie. I'm trowing both into a black hole. Please upvote.
Here's your upvote. You know exactly how to thank me!
Not that young anymore, another "lost generation"? Lost in clicks, taps, swipes, likes, and upvotes. The only truly innovative invention of social networks is the psychological one, yet not done by the pschylogical professionals - how to mercilessly monetize and exploit the dopamine injection cycle of a human. Shall we invent a way to block on demand the dopamine inflow, the same way we block ads and shut down the lights in a room?
> It seizes some of the best, noblest human instincts — to share, to know, to connect, to belong — and harnesses them to a degrading system of profit.
This just screams "Tinder" (for a male) with their premium plans, "boosters", and whatnot. Yet here I am - contributing my time and intellectual ability on a website from a country where I will never live or work, which on my entry attempt will assume I'm an intruder, ie. I'm trowing both into a black hole. Please upvote.
Internet with social networks enabled something new. Massive global crowd for whom English is the lingua franca. The creativity of this crowd is consumed by American corporations sucking them into their outsourcing centers (or even better more recently - free labour with a promise of becoming an influencer), and the spreading of language is choked by the copyright lobbies. Don't take as granted having your language as a lingua franca, Anglosphere, be timid - 30 years ago we would speak French and you'd be out of this conversation.