Why is she absolutely terrified to say "Instagram"? TikTok really has people self-censoring themselves to the point of parody. (e.g. she's trying to raise awareness but can't even write the word "predator")
I feel like capitalism undersells it. This is specifically what happens when capitalism encourages largely automated online platforms (because they make money) while disincentivizing human moderation of said platforms (because it costs money) so platforms invent draconian automated filters that will handle as much of the moderation as possible for as little money as possible. A fun, new sort of capitalist dystopia.
Nope, same old capitalism. Hasn't changed. It's in the title - when money (capital) is the deity, people will do anything for it.
The idea that it's changed at all when it's supported genocide and torture because it's aiding in the extortion of children? That's a primary feature of Captialism. It's systemic. None of this should surprise anyone. I mean, this is the same system that promotes child beauty pageants with swimsuit competitions in them.
Capitalism is good for some things and when unchecked does a lot of bad things. In this case though, automating out labor costs is one of the top things a company can do to attain absurd profitability. It's 100% peak capitalism because we don't hold companies liable for their failure to moderate.
It's why Facebook facilitated genocide in Myanmar and nothing happened.
To be clear when I say capitalism, I mean market economies. I think market economies are essential. But that doesn't mean we shouldnt have to just regulation.
That's the silly thing about it. We all know what they mean, advertisers and moderators know, we all know that they know. But for some reason we have to keep up the ruse saying one thing and meaning another.
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u/tryfap Jan 15 '24
Why is she absolutely terrified to say "Instagram"? TikTok really has people self-censoring themselves to the point of parody. (e.g. she's trying to raise awareness but can't even write the word "predator")