Imagine if it turned out that, like, 90% of twitter interactions were just bots and we 10% didn't know it. Then cut to some malevolent asshole laughing maniacally in the background with a comic book bubble that said, "hahahaha you all were the easiest to control." Creepy, right?
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Of course, it takes way way way less than 90% to manipulate what we talk about and what we perceive in a powerful way. And it doesn't even require malevolence. Social media produces out-of-reality samples.
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P.S. check out
@Nsousanis Unflattening. These two tweets were brought to you by me flipping through it again at 3am last night. http://spinweaveandcut.com/unflattening/1 reply 1 retweet 3 likesShow this thread -
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Ha - thanks! Not sure what about Unflattening inspired these thoughts but glad you’re still paging through it in the middle of the night - that’s another good “blurb”!
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💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 Retweeted 💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫
It is ;) Also, I guess this pre-insomnia tweet is part of the necessary context as well as the fact Unflattening currently sits next to Before Watchmen.https://twitter.com/generativist/status/1179566780919889920 …
💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 added,
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that's some fine company for it to sit next to! And good luck with sleep!
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💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 Retweeted franz, pro-invert propagandist
Thanks, Nick! (oh, p.s. check out what
@MaureenBug and@franzanth did!)https://twitter.com/franzanth/status/1179602616679944192 …💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops 💫 added,
franz, pro-invert propagandist @franzanthHello EatPrayBuggerz, the#EatPrayBugz recap ebook nobody asked for is now finished. If you feel like wasting 40MB of space, here's the download link. —@MaureenBug and yours truly. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fd4vh339t4pls31/eatpraybugz.pdf?dl=0 … pic.twitter.com/kJsklxV0FNShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
are you sure
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tbh I'm sure of nothing any more but if you are you both are fantastically well-implemented and I'm okay with treating what could be a npc-interaction as otherwise.
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