tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post5347485531374984269..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: The Facebook Eye, Twitter, and Social Media Addiction: Thoughts on Jacob Silverman's Terms of Service The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-8084506703023542032015-07-15T10:09:54.668-04:002015-07-15T10:09:54.668-04:00Thanks, S. Whereas one's Facebook account seem...Thanks, S. Whereas one's Facebook account seems to continue forever even if you have deactivated it, Twitter gives you a month before to consider before deleting all of your tweets. Tumblr just zaps everything at the outset. I like it when the social media platform asks "Are you SURE you want to get off?" The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-38558260789623619612015-07-14T21:54:39.982-04:002015-07-14T21:54:39.982-04:00Hi FilmDr,
I totally agree with your post. I hate...Hi FilmDr,<br /><br />I totally agree with your post. I hate facebook but I spend hours in it. I hate the marketing approach behind it and the blindness of the masses. I don't consider myself addicted to it because whenever I have free time, I don't use; but I do depend on it. My work depends entirely on social media. So in a way it has freed me from a corporation through another wicked corporation. I still remember the times when people wondered how was facebook earning money. How naive we were... But I don't believe they'll be able to anticipate our desires, I don't believe they'll be able to kill our souls entire, but maybe I'm just being naive, again.<br /><br />My way to respond to all this digital absorption (since for the moment I can't get out of it) has been learning more about it. I started to learn how to code and I've been trying to understand coders, how they think, what they desire, since they are shaping some of our thoughts. And I'm amazed of the self confidence they have, the blind optimism that guides them. I'm amazed of how younger generations grow so accostumed to it. How they develop a very different idea of intimacy. So, while I'm in it, I'm trying to enjoy the ride knowing more about it, without ignoring the reality of the business.<br /><br />But what I really wanted to say is that I miss your twitter account. I hope this decision is making a good difference in your live.<br /><br />S.Ochoahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07351896912004834361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-46880284257751474472015-07-11T16:12:56.535-04:002015-07-11T16:12:56.535-04:00Snapchat? I was just reading in the new Vogue that...Snapchat? I was just reading in the new <i>Vogue</i> that Jason Segel (after terrorizing the world with his version of David Foster Wallace in <i>The End of the Tour</i>) has "cut way back on social media." Perhaps reducing one's social media participation will become the next dieting craze. In the attention economy, what one pays attention to and for how long will become as carefully calibrated as the nutritional info on a box of Special K.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-72639076515147453512015-07-10T16:19:39.485-04:002015-07-10T16:19:39.485-04:00Thanks for responding to my post!
I haven't r...Thanks for responding to my post!<br /><br />I haven't read the book. And I know I won't, I'm not interested enough. I think that Facebook isn't going last for much longer. At some point in the near future people are going to leave Facebook in droves for something else, the only question is: where are they going to congregate? What's going to be on offer in terms of social media? The internet is practically brand new, how things will evolve is a total mystery.<br /><br />I'd say that Facebook is pretty crude.<br /><br />Facebook has been useful to me in a limited way. But I'm very much aware of the fact that I'm endlessly being manipulated. I'm prey to algorithms I can't even begin to understand. I don't understand the rules that govern my newsfeed, the whole thing boggles me. I'm aware of the fact that Facebook is getting ever more invasive and dictatorial. The whole venture is predatory in nature, that much is perfectly clear. One day I'm going to snap and everyone else is going to snap too.<br /><br />The real question is: what's going to come after Facebook?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-54277405233359466922015-07-10T06:39:19.176-04:002015-07-10T06:39:19.176-04:00Thanks, Anon, for your comments.
Silverman goes a...Thanks, Anon, for your comments.<br /><br />Silverman goes after Facebook the most. Zuckerberg and co. do more than any else to deliberately wear down any vestigial notions of privacy, and I dislike the feeling that one's pleasure in Facebook is in part the result of carefully calculated algorithms designed to hold your attention, those dark arts of subtle manipulations that feed off of the social instinct. I especially dislike it when the social media platform gradually includes more and more ads. I used to like Twitter for some of the reasons you mentioned above (especially the professional ones), but then Twitter's increasing usage of ads became a matter of not looking at what's in front of you. If it becomes so much of a struggle to get to the good stuff, why bother? Of course, Blogger provides another social media way to profit off of my work, but it also encourages writing. Old bad habits die hard. <br /><br />I deactivated my Twitter account, and it feels like I just freed up an hour per day. My favorite social media as of late has been a Moleskine notebook, lots of books, and the twitter of actual birds just before dawn. The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-14987050194852167262015-07-09T17:47:47.683-04:002015-07-09T17:47:47.683-04:00I agree with your wife, I find being on Facebook m...I agree with your wife, I find being on Facebook mostly rewarding. Or rather, through Fb I regularly come across all kinds of interesting info and ideas interesting debates so I'd say that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.<br /><br />One of the problems with Fb is that most folks don't bother to learn how to use it. They'll post pictures of their small kids to all and sundry instead of defining a target group for this stuff (their immediate family and close friends). And they'll post pictures of their grandchildren, nieces, nephews. They'll post pictures of their pregnant bellies. BBQs with friends, anniversary party pictures. Series of pictures from their hiking tour in Tunisa, or whatever. Daily updates from their wholly uninteresting holidays in some foreign land. Deadly boring stuff.<br /><br />Some friends and acquaintances of mine have read somewhere that Facebook can be a powerful marketing tool. Not being habitual Fb users they'll only duck up when they've got something to plug, their new book, some event or another. And they'll link to reviews and whatever. Attempt to be their own amateur publicists. Which is basically an affront to their friends who are on Fb to stay in touch (in some meaningful way) and who are mindful of the fact that they've got to have something real and substantial to offer in order to be interesting to others. <br /><br />And then there are the cheesy homilies that some people are so intent on sharing. <br /><br />I've got something like 500 Fb friends and they're practically all real friends or acquaintances, newish or from way back. Or they're family. Or old half-forgotten schoolmates. Or people I'm somewhat acquainted with. Or friends of friends. Or people I've brushed shoulders with at some point in life (and don't quite know if I know them or not). Or people who are sort of operating in the same circles as I am (professionally speaking) and I've been operating in a lot of circles; I don't really know them but I know who they are and they know who I am. I'm not inclined to accept friend requests from people I don't know and have never met and can't place.<br /><br />One thing I find interesting about Facebook is the psychological aspect. Because often there is a certain disjoint. You meet a person in real life and get a certain impression. You encounter the person on Fb and you get a different impression. Often more revealing, I'd say.<br /><br />I think it's necessary, if you're on Facebook, to construct a persona. Savvy Fb-users do. Your constructed persona should be basically true to your real self, but more interesting, hightened, controversial. Less given to dwell on the day-to-day boring aspects of life and minor inconveniences.<br /><br />Facebook is a "community" and posting on Fb amounts to publishing. So what I'm saying is that Fb-users need to decide how to present themselves to the world. <br /><br />And thanks for your great blog! And your interesting links. I always look forward to your links.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com