Post A4NB2HXAdGCN9T2Ubo by jesuislibre@videos.lukesmith.xyz
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(DIR) Post #A4N6lWCMSR2ztQ3ahU by luke@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-17T17:25:54.307Z
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Whether planned or not, Social Media’s prime current function is behavioral engineering at a massive scale. Most sites function as massive Skinner’s Boxes, conditioning users to behaviors desired by those who run the sites. Part of this is inevitable, but it has certainly accelerated in recent years and will continue so long as people continue to rely on such sites.My website: https://lukesmith.xyzPlease donate: https://lukesmith.xyz/donateGet all my videos off YouTube: https://videos.lukesmith.xyzor Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@Luke:7BTC: 12QjH1bh6F497wGNT6ns3BkFDCMaezgaceETH: 0x2918DC0aF17C0f8327976Bb7Fce8eD76F74dcaD7XMR: 48jewbtxe4jU3MnzJFjTs3gVFWh2nRrAMWdUuUd7Ubo375LL4SjLTnMRKBrXburvEh38QSNLrJy3EateykVCypnm6gcT9bhOR affiliate links to things l use:https://www.vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G Get a VPS and host a website or server for anything else.https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6 Get a cheap and reliable domain name with Epik.https://brave.com/luk005 Get the Brave browser.https://lbry.tv/$/invite/@Luke View my videos on LBRY. Get a bonus for joining.https://www.coinex.com/register?refer_code=ndf87 Get crypto-rich on Coinex. Get reduced exchange fees for 3 months.https://www.coinbase.com/join/smith_5to1 Get crypto-rich on Coinbase. We both get $10 in Bitcoin when you buy or sell $100 in cryptocurrencies.
(DIR) Post #A4NB2HXAdGCN9T2Ubo by jesuislibre@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-17T18:11:33.477Z
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How could one even go about reversing the conditioning that social media has created? Just stop using social media? It's pretty freaky to see how human behavior can be manipulated that way.
(DIR) Post #A4NC1hzAtrFKr3QcwS by jimsy_pickles@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-17T18:24:44.180Z
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@jesuislibre We can start with not giving data to our enemies and try to draw people with their data away from our enemies. Promote privacy respecting and free speech respecting social media with a transparent algorithm, or promote not using social media.
(DIR) Post #A4NDmNlfzE3BiOvzN2 by Sudononymous@freespeechextremist.com
2021-02-17T18:43:56.910101Z
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@jesuislibre Are you talking about with other people? Unfortunately most people will never willingly peel themselves away because they honestly believe it's correct, and they're addicted to the likes/upvotes/shares they get from using it. Society is even moving in the direction where social media is mandatory.The answer is really for people to stop using social media. There's no way to avoid being programmed.
(DIR) Post #A4NMOxJJ5WwUaMZKgy by rob@distrotoot.com
2021-02-17T19:28:48Z
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@luke https://odysee.com/@Luke:7/social-media-as-social-control:d?r=F5eMZcoKVJaK5WtfTvvPLqLLwYKn7Cnn
(DIR) Post #A4NN2jyM6720nmjw2a by kaguya@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-17T19:43:37.577Z
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You have a good point here. That's exactly why no sane person should ever use SNS/Google services. Buy a linux phone, install linux/bsd on your pc and enjoy being free while you still can
(DIR) Post #A4NSJDJ7IZUEBd7p3Y by PestToast@paypig.org
2021-02-17T20:58:05Z
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@jesuislibre It's tough, because even for a long time after you stop getting fed, you will salivate when you hear the ding.
(DIR) Post #A4NUZ7ovfMs9i8ihtY by bingo@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-17T21:22:56.864Z
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Apologize if I miss interpreted anything, my tiny little brain can only take so much at a time.I claim that social media platforms are not Skinner boxes.You seem worried that social media platforms program people a certain way, but to be honest I don't really see how that might be different from the "real world".For example, a student might be publicly shamed by his peers/teachers for some remark he made. That kind of social pressure might even force him to change his opinions/views.As far as I can tell, social media might be worst in the sense that people spend way too much of their free time on it, further aggravating that social influence/pressure.Now, I don't use anything besides Youtube but, as far as I can tell, western platforms are usually pretty tolerant to different ways of thinking.Your channel is a good example of that. Since your views are very different than those of the platform's owners, if the system was really that strict (as are e.g. Chinese platforms) your videos would have been taken down merely because they perceive any political difference as harmful.Obviously it would be silly to take your videos down, since your views aren't harmful or extreme, and that's kind of my point.Youtube isn't preventing me from subscribing people who think similarly to you and, thus, I can't really agree with the proposition that these platforms are Skinner boxes designed to force some political agenda on me.
(DIR) Post #A4NWvTwSIeVMbA1qPg by torresjrjr@qoto.org
2021-02-17T22:19:07Z
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To expand on what @luke said implicitly, there exists digital "levers" at these sites which control - amongst other things - the probability of a post appearing on your timeline (although they might not describe these as such).Since your timelines are not chronological (unlike the Fediverse), Twitter/Facebook can increase the probability and "nudge" a post to your timeline.This also means that a company can lower the probability of a post appearing, unbeknownst to a poster or their followers. This is "shadowbanning".Nudging and shadowbanning are two sides of the same coin. Coupled with the snowball effect, and with the metadata of every user, these mechanisms are extremely effective at changing the *perception* of public attitudes without suspicion towards the company.
(DIR) Post #A4NYToZGDg0GMu7A1I by KMemzy@rayn.bo
2021-02-17T22:27:55Z
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@bingo I don't want to speak for the video author, but I think there is a large difference between the "real world" and social media. On social media, there is a numeric value to measure the idea you push's approval, and that number gets ridiculously important to people. You hear things about people going to absurd legnths to drive this number up, and cases where they end up getting harmed/harming themselves. Especially in the youth. And in the real world, there is no all-powerful admin, capable of totally silencing people. There are governments who would seek to emulate this, but governments can fall, and there is action that can be done if things are unjust. Also, as stated in the video, a social media's terms and conditions can be frustratingly vague, whereas any law system that isn't a dictatorship has (at least a majority of) clear and concise laws.
(DIR) Post #A4NkK8Sib2i8clCnh2 by nosat@liberdon.com
2021-02-18T00:48:50Z
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@luke Good to be aware of this if you are using social media. You can analyze your behavior and see if you are being guided.
(DIR) Post #A4OOMyg1QnQjJJL26S by connor@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-18T08:17:26.094Z
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@KMemzy@rayn.bo By that definition the US would be a dictatorship. Clear and concise is the exact opposite of even the most simple regulations, I spent multiple days reading about how many junk cars you are legally allowed to let accumulate on your property as part of state regulations alone.
(DIR) Post #A4OmP5ubtoq1EHhhs8 by janus_garambullus@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-18T12:46:47.780Z
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I'm black pilled after watching this. The notion of bottom up emergent madness from minimal top down control is much scarier to me than purely top down totalitarian control.
(DIR) Post #A4Onhn0cVLLA3hzeKW by servant_of_the_anime_avatars@kiwifarms.cc
2021-02-18T13:01:50.662071Z
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@bingo I think this is missing the point. Obviously things like "peer pressure" exist and to a large extent society controls the way you think. I don't think anybody is contesting that. And this is not bad, imagine a world where nobody shared any common values, except those due to chance, with others.Banning is also not the issue. Luke talks about "liberal paternalism", the question isn't about totalitarian censorship, where opposing views points are systematically eradicated (although sometimes they are, e.g. banning the then US president from Twitter) but about subtle manipulation where people are theoretically allowed to do the "wrong thing", but there are systems in place to suggest they shouldn't do so.The argument is thus that Social media uses exactly this subtle manipulation (often termed "the algorithm") to determine what people see and how they see it. And by the correct implementation of that algorithm a self reinforcing value system emerges, which is policed by the users themselves.
(DIR) Post #A4PRqghJKtNvFzl96m by bat@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-18T20:31:12.913Z
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@bingo There's no "algorithm" in real life. Everything you are exposed to comes from real people. It's crowdsourced knowledge in a way, and it's an accurate representation of the views and opinions of the population you interact with. With social media, what you're exposed to is a maliciously skewed representation of reality, and it's this skew that makes social media into a skinner box pushing people towards opinions that those in reality see as absurd. The only "skew" in real life is the true opinions of the people you interact with. For example, let's say you're in a group of 10 people and there's 8 people who are normal and 2 people who really militantly like nasally injested lemon juice. In reality you'd see that small portion of the population who supports drinking lemons through their nasal canals and think they're crazy. With social media, let's say it's the same population applies, but now those two lemon snorters show up at the front of your feed 60% of the time. Despite the population still being a reflection of reality, the opinions presented aren't, so you start to think that snorting lemons is popular, acceptable, common etc. and warm up to the idea. Slowly but surely, your 8 normal people are converted into lemon snorters, creating the types of people we see on social media today who support ideologies which were considered absurd, evil, or insane just a mere decade ago.
(DIR) Post #A4Pe67T9HU8i56GBZQ by whitepaperkat@pt.neko.bar
2021-02-18T22:48:38.492Z
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one of the many reasons why i left twitter and joined the fed verse
(DIR) Post #A4PfsG2KpXMaVVEhNY by caesar@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-18T23:05:55.875Z
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Now you're making me quit Instagram😔
(DIR) Post #A4Pxjd2Dkj3mP4DYgK by caesar@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-19T02:28:44.618Z
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@janus_garambullus get out of the black pill friend and laugh about it.
(DIR) Post #A4bhLEsGf81D9QQgzY by hobbit.habit@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-24T18:20:32.910Z
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I like Peertube's user interface very much, in general, but there's something that it lacks: A way of easily finding videos elsewhere in the fediverse similar to those on the instance one happens to be on. I mean, this instance is nice and all but it is just wall-to-wall Luke Smith, and once one has viewed all the videos here then that's it. I want to see a list of recommendations that are Luke-adjacent (if one objects that Luke is unique then pick another example).
(DIR) Post #A4c4YKuPpp4mZreGjg by hobbit.habit@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-24T22:42:01.119Z
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@underwater@freespeechextremist.com Why are your ampersands not appearing correctly?
(DIR) Post #A4c4pCr329tgWK7Lhw by hobbit.habit@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-24T22:44:50.835Z
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@nosat@liberdon.com You can only do that if you have a behavioural baseline to compare it to. Does a fish know that there is water?
(DIR) Post #A4d1Jic3JiGx2sMDVQ by hobbit.habit@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-25T09:38:49.123Z
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I like Peertube's user interface very much, in general, but there's something that it lacks: A way of easily finding videos elsewhere in the fediverse similar to those on the instance one happens to be on. I mean, this instance is nice and all but it is just wall-to-wall Luke Smith, and once one has viewed all the videos here then that's it. I want to see a list of recommendations that are Luke-adjacent (if one objects that Luke is unique then pick another example). By the way, I comment on these videos to see if I can get some discussion with other viewers, since I understand that LS's mindset of aloof condescension makes any useful response from him unlikely.
(DIR) Post #A4wKQcU25t5vC9qhXc by ttkk@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-03-06T17:08:46.917Z
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@bingo>For example, a student might be publicly shamed by his peers/teachers for some remark he made.Big difference here is that in real world that is mostly contained in that social circle. Go to another town or just another social circle in the same town and it's unlikely to affect you in any way. On the net most people use one account to interact with each of their circles and use the same name across platforms. So any shaming you might be receiving will also affect you standing in those other circles. Not to mention that since it's so much easier people will actively keep trying to ruin your reputation as widely as possible and in the future as well. In the real world it takes much more effort.
(DIR) Post #A4wWViIX6O6k7tfJey by logenkain@sickstream.net
2021-03-06T19:29:12.301Z
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Perhaps this is why social media never really appealed to me. I have no desire to be controlled. The only exception is Reddit, but I go there for discourse. Not sure how other people use it, but I don't think Reddit is as boxy as some of the other platforms.
(DIR) Post #A5ERj0nWPT7c2gnkYq by dragos89@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-03-15T11:00:53.997Z
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Demondevil Vatican beast
(DIR) Post #A5ES2ZMs6RY0lIf5vc by COINTELBRO@poa.st
2021-03-15T11:04:40.237404Z
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@dragos89 Yup. This + "Social Media: Anything for Upcummies!" are really good videos on the subject.
(DIR) Post #A5ESCuY2D8LdLXoYoy by AirTightWoodDoor@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz
2021-03-15T11:06:31.097958Z
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@COINTELBRO @dragos89 here's an updoot for you AND a reply. Enjoy the dopamine hit, on me, bro
(DIR) Post #A5ESO7CRVp27lq3d9k by COINTELBRO@poa.st
2021-03-15T11:08:33.898186Z
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@AirTightWoodDoor @dragos89 Thanks for the internet point, kind stranger.
(DIR) Post #A5ESThYjkuSBzB9JwW by AirTightWoodDoor@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz
2021-03-15T11:09:34.000517Z
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@COINTELBRO @dragos89 how do I give Feddit Gold on this site?
(DIR) Post #A5ESbENY8DzJniVTqC by COINTELBRO@poa.st
2021-03-15T11:10:56.102447Z
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@AirTightWoodDoor @dragos89 Use BitCoin, it's monitored. 😂