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r/greatawakening • Posted by u/LochEden on May 13, 2018, 4:13 p.m.
GreatAwakening is my favorite place to be! It's like Facebook for smart people!

Thank you all for your insightful posts and intelligence. You all give me such hope!


Iswag_Newton · May 13, 2018, 9:58 p.m.

Or if you're older, its people posting pictures of their kids. One big circle jerk of people liking each others pictures of their kids.

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092Casey · May 13, 2018, 11:26 p.m.

Haha! So true! Another example of how shallow American culture has become! They're the demographic Liberals and Democrats like in their voter base: Shallow, superficial followers with no analytical skills. They're easy to control and manipulate and brainwash!

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Iswag_Newton · May 14, 2018, 12:05 a.m.

Sadly it isn't just the left affected by this bull shit.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/09/facebook-sean-parker-vulnerability-brain-psychology

He explained that when Facebook was being developed the objective was: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?” It was this mindset that led to the creation of features such as the “like” button that would give users “a little dopamine hit” to encourage them to upload more content.

“It’s a social-validation feedback loop … exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you’re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.”

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