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Originally Posted by scuba steve
http://mashable.com/2014/08/13/passive-hashtags/
kinda crazy, next level image recognition. something as innocent as putting your yogurt in a car cup holder is getting you classified as a particular user and then being marketed too. pretty soon everything you do will be super tailored to your tastes/age/interests.
but how will you develop new ones if you only see what you're already into?
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Yeah, I agree here.
I completely deleted my Facebook about 3 months ago, haven't used social media for about that long. It feels like my world has opened up and I'm seeing things that I did not see before glued to the fucking phone every time I was in a line to get food, or waiting for gas to pump, or any other 2 secs I used to waste checking my Facebook, feeding my narcissism on whether people were liking my photos.
Best thing I ever did. My appreciation for life came back.
I was blind to so many things when I was consumed with social media.
I would see the same ads all day, everyday, and not get exposed to new and interesting things.
It feels like Wall-E or Idiocracy coming to real life the way it's all going.