The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 3: Trapped in the Feed
The Digital Persuasion Engine: Dark Patterns, Surveillance, and Behavioral Control 1 The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 1: Dark Patterns: A User's Guide to Manipulation 2 The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 2: The Surveillance Nudge 3 The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 3: Trapped in the Feed 4 The Digital Persuasion Engine - Part 4: The Slot Machine in Your Pocket ← Series Home The Illusion of Community in the Gaze of Big Other The invention of social media held the promise of fulfilling second-modernity needs for connection and self-expression, liberating individuals from conformity. Yet, this virtual gathering place is paradoxically a space of unprecedented scrutiny, where every post, like, and share is subject to continuous monitoring. This environment, far from a democratic public sphere, is a private commercial domain where the architecture is designed to turn our desire for connection into a source of revenue. ...