"Self select" betrays an ignorance (maybe purposeful) of the impact of algorithms on the content we see and how that influences individuals.
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I think you're underestimating the impact of roblox and xbox which they spent much more time on than fb/insta/twitter/etc
jul 27, 2025, 12:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Trump's at -40 with the youngest voters right now; using the algorithm to con them only worked once.
jul 27, 2025, 1:17 pm • 2 0 • view
"Freedom" = Authoritarianism/Kleptocracy/Fantasy politics "Traditional Values" = Misogyny/Bigotry/Racism
jul 27, 2025, 12:24 pm • 1 0 • view
I've heard this narrative being pushed, but I'm skeptical there is any data to back it.
jul 27, 2025, 12:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Regarding the whole "conservative Gen Z" thing.
jul 27, 2025, 12:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Freedom from ever getting laid.
jul 27, 2025, 3:22 pm • 0 0 • view
It's not even true. Millenials like myself grew up with the internet during a time when the internet was more organic, without algorithms and people were growing increasingly secular.
jul 27, 2025, 12:02 pm • 1 0 • view
You can still see this in communities like Reddit where the algorithm is the people voting. But people are increasingly giving up their autonomy over to algorithms instead on other platforms.
jul 27, 2025, 12:02 pm • 2 0 • view
Totally agree. That. And: Manipulative interaction design, exploiting cognitive weaknesses, eg leading users to believe that ”everyone thinks this way”. Ideological and commercial forces select for you.
jul 27, 2025, 11:43 am • 2 0 • view
People have long been in the habit of shifting to language of “choosing,” “selection,” “free will,” etc. precisely where they want to stop thinking about causation.
jul 27, 2025, 1:04 pm • 0 0 • view
“Naively force-fed” information would be more accurate.
jul 27, 2025, 1:18 pm • 0 0 • view
This is an interesting point. To truly select, you need to have a menu. Algorithmic feeds just give you more of your top choice and isolate you from diversity. Algorithmic feeds gives you concentrated dose of the most clickbaity content, which in itself is economically incentivised by ads.
jul 27, 2025, 11:38 am • 0 0 • view
Found this snippet this weekend (while I was reading about how to combat use of AI to write academic papers) - is this what Musk did to warp Grok a few weeks ago? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
jul 27, 2025, 11:38 am • 0 0 • view
About as wrong as "learned helplessness" lol
jul 27, 2025, 11:45 am • 0 0 • view
Especially vulnerable individuals whose executive functioning development is not yet complete
jul 27, 2025, 11:32 am • 0 0 • view
How does DC Draino explain why Gen Z women didn't fall in line?
jul 27, 2025, 11:30 am • 3 1 • view
That was my first response also. It's interesting that not only Mr. Draino but most commenters, pro or con, accept the framing that "men ARE the generation (and women apparently don't exist.)"
jul 27, 2025, 3:07 pm • 0 0 • view
How does this moron explain that, by the same reasoning, Gen Z women do the opposite?
jul 28, 2025, 6:27 am • 0 0 • view
Anyone who doubts this should start a new anonymous account on YouTube or Twitter and see what pops up. Terrifying stuff.
jul 27, 2025, 3:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Yep. My older gen z intern from work a few years ago nearly got conned into voting for a super conservative party because ... he doesn't really read. Everything is generally video clips. Especially shorts like tiktok, yt shorts etc. His values are fairly lefty actually, but didn't know it.
jul 27, 2025, 12:33 pm • 2 0 • view
He just got funneled info about how certain political parties promised stuff he thought sounded nice, without any info on what they wanted to remove, or what other parties say.
jul 27, 2025, 12:33 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s certainly not natural self-select. Boys — speaking also of even pre-pubescent ages — are increasingly more reactionary than their parents and/or grandparents because of content they or their classmates have been consuming online.
jul 27, 2025, 11:28 am • 3 0 • view
I have seen how anti-gay rhetoric in Scandinavia has entered the lexicon of kids whose parents are strong supporters of equal rights for the LGTBQ+ community. Kids get it from kids’ online consumption (even while people try to blame immigrants for it).
jul 27, 2025, 11:28 am • 3 0 • view
They chose violence, the most basic form of expression and the one most devoid of intellectual influence.
jul 27, 2025, 12:10 pm • 0 0 • view
They choose...inceldom...because they are insufferable assholes who want validation that they are insufferable assholes.
jul 27, 2025, 11:49 am • 1 0 • view
Exactly. Feminism isn’t why they are unfuckable.
jul 27, 2025, 3:25 pm • 2 0 • view
Young men are driven by their biggest fears, like being an incel, and they seek out easy solutions offered by people like Andrew Tate who promise them a better life.
jul 27, 2025, 1:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Said influencer should've "self selected" some Kierkegaard because he discusses the need to remain tethered to reality if you're going to embrace the infinite
jul 27, 2025, 11:30 am • 2 0 • view
It is amazing how easy it is to gaslight and drag this generation down rabbit holes of stupidity and ignorance into believing they are victims of some conspiracy, rather than just educating themselves on facts, infantilised morons this is what America society has done that is why you’re in decline
jul 27, 2025, 1:01 pm • 2 0 • view
Was gonna say, isn't the approval rating for "socialism" in Gen Z the highest gen over gen increase in history?
jul 27, 2025, 7:09 pm • 0 0 • view