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Sean Parker on Facebook: ‘God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains’


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2017 Nov 9, 4:02pm   3,699 views  9 comments

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Parker says the social networking site exploits human psychological vulnerabilities through a validation feedback loop that gets people to constantly post to get even more likes and comments. “It's exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology,” he said.

“The inventors, creators — it's me, it's Mark [Zuckerberg], it's Kevin Systrom on Instagram, it's all of these people — understood this consciously. And we did it anyway." In other words, using Facebook is like junk food: you get instant gratification when you post for likes and comments. It’s quick and easy but has little substance.

Sean Parker, of Napster fame and an early investor in Facebook, says the founders of the social networking site knew they were creating something people would become addicted to, reports Axios. “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains,” he said

Parker says that the thought process when building Facebook was to figure out “how do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?”



https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/9/16627724/sean-parker-facebook-childrens-brains-feedback-loop
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1   RWSGFY   2017 Nov 9, 4:18pm  

Sniper says
using Facebook is like junk food: you get instant gratification when you post for likes and comments. It’s quick and easy but has little substance.


Applies to patnet too. :(
2   BayArea   2017 Nov 9, 4:43pm  

Kim is right...

The addiction to FB and Instagram has very little difference to the addiction to Patnet or other forums where we spend hours reading and posting daily. The feelings evoked are nearly identical.

The like and dislike buttons above weren't put there by accident, right @Patrick :-)
3   anonymous   2017 Nov 10, 3:14pm  

Sniper says
BayArea says
The addiction to FB and Instagram has very little difference to the addiction to Patnet or other forums where we spend hours reading and posting daily. The feelings evoked are nearly identical.


The difference is, Facebook follows your "interests", then trolls you with articles, advertising and news that fits those interests. Patrick doesn't do that. You're free to read a BIG cross section of articles and opinions here. Facebook "programs" your mind based on your history of postings.

Plus, something like 40% of Millennials say they get their daily news from Facebook. Want to guess what Facebook is serving up?


While Facebook uses an algorithm- it's not too different than patnetters mind controlling themselves to exclude opinions they don't like.

While 40% of millennials get their news from Facebook a good percentage of patnetters get their news from patnet. The vast majority of would have otherwise heard of godforsaken characters like "Guccifer 2.0" were it not for this place.

IOW the similarities between Facebook and Patnet are getting creepier and creepier!
4   anonymous   2017 Nov 10, 3:19pm  

How is facebook any worse than News? At least Facebook is user generated. News are pure brainwashing propaganda.

On patnet you can say whatever you want, discuss, debate, disagree. On news, there is no disagreement from the required talking points.
5   HEY YOU   2017 Nov 10, 3:20pm  

America should be thankful that their children aren't on patnet.
Must mean that those on social sites have mental issues?

patrick.net is the No. 1 antisocial site,read the comments.
6   HEY YOU   2017 Nov 10, 3:27pm  

BayArea says
The addiction to FB and Instagram has very little difference to the addiction to Patnet or other forums where we spend hours reading and posting daily.


I'm having constant orgasms pointing out hypocrisy!
7   Ceffer   2017 Nov 11, 1:12am  

If it weren't for Facebook, we wouldn't have all the pouting, breast shoving selfys of beeyatches who have met their grisly demises in a variety of unruly and twisted ways on Daily Mail.

Thanks, Facebook!
8   Ceffer   2017 Dec 11, 6:33pm  

I'm so glad they have porno sites. Otherwise, I'd never get off Facebook.
9   anonymous   2017 Dec 12, 9:13am  

anon_a4aad says
At least Facebook is user generated.


You're cute when you are naive.

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