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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. MuteDialog‏ @MuteDialog Jul 14

      So for example let’s consider suggesting going for relationship counselling. Merely suggesting this might be difficult. It may be taken to mean you think that the relationship is in serious trouble. One party may be reluctant to take such a risk & thus not mention it out of fear

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    2. Stephanie Rewis‏ @stefsull Jul 14
      Replying to @MuteDialog @aral

      No, she's right. It's manipulation. Is it really different than what the Russians did prior to the election? Micro-targeting people -- sending them to articles about Horrible Hillary & then positive DT articles. THAT was manipulation. This is too.

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    3. MuteDialog‏ @MuteDialog Jul 14
      Replying to @stefsull @aral

      We are having this conversation on Twitter you probably use Google so clearly it is not manipulation that is the problem. Everyone is constantly manipulated by ad tech. So it is something else that makes this creepy- what is it? Dishonesty?

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    4. Stephanie Rewis‏ @stefsull Jul 14
      Replying to @MuteDialog @aral

      Perhaps you can expound a bit on that logic since it was confusing. What does Google have to do with this convo? Honest question. You're saying that people should look up an alternative to the article they received to read both sides, or? And yes, it is dishonestly manipulative.

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      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jul 15
      Replying to @stefsull @MuteDialog

      The Spinner*’s business model is the same as Google’s – & Adobe’s, Yahoo’s etc. – (they use the same techniques for the same purpose – to exploit their knowledge into your life to manipulate your behaviour – and they do so via tracking, profiling, and retargeting/remarketing).

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        2. Stephanie Rewis‏ @stefsull Jul 15
          Replying to @aral @MuteDialog

          Sure, and I don't like that either. But putting that same power into human's hands to alter the reality of another human without their knowledge isn't cool.

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        3. Magpie‏ @MarquisGrun Jul 15
          Replying to @stefsull @aral @MuteDialog

          But that is exactly what the big companies do as well! Do you think Google is not made up of humans?? Company's aren't robots - but your focusing on just this one because it's about sex or whatever. Missing the bigger picture.

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