I have an addictive personality. I wish that meant that people couldn’t get enough of me. It doesn’t. I’m the type of person that can’t get enough of a good thing. Once I start, I find it difficult to stop. Throughout my youth I’ve experimented, abused and misused substances. Alcohol and nicotine had significant places…
Category: social media
Human connection is messy, deal with it
I’m in the car listening to a news radio program. The host is interviewing a tech expert about Facebook’s rebrand to Meta. They discuss how the rebrand is an attempt to distance the Facebook holding company from the negative associations people have with the social media platform. The guest touches on the fact that Facebook…
Advertising works because we think it doesn’t
Why did the oil and gas industry spend $10 million on Facebook advertising in 2020 in the US? Because it works. This report lays out how the oil and gas industry use Facebook as a channel to promote their climate friendliness, using misleading content and information that doesn’t align with the science of climate change….
Social media is designed to be addictive.
A number of people who’ve watched Social Dilemma on Netflix seem surprised at the revelation that social media is designed to keep them on the platform for as long as possible. This surprised me. So, either watch the movie, or keep reading. The only reason I’m writing this post is because most people don’t seem…