And this week's Friday night movie has been... The Social Dilemma!
Anyone heard of this? It's a Netflix documentary addressing the dangers of social media.
This documentary is presented as a combination of information against the use of social media and a dramatization presenting a narrative of a protagonist who gets involved with social and is sent on a downward spiral.
Whilst the 'dramatization' parts are both intrusive and cringy, the real meat in this documentary is, of course, the information presented. It is revealed just how much the likes of Facebook (pun unintended) and Google are building themselves around the interests on the individual. We are shown the lengths these social media platforms will go just to grab one's interest and be keep them permanently hooked. We are informed the psychological methods these developers are utilizing to grab the attention of the mentally vulnerable and making them worse.
Of course, none of this will be new to those who are well versed in IT but it is presented in a way that is understandable and easily digested. But it begs the question: Why on earth did the makers go with the 'dramatization' parts? As mentioned above they are indeed intrusive and do lessen the punch this movie delivers. But boy, when this movie hits, it hits like a truck.
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