The Social Dilemma

Amazing. This should be shown in schools, airports, etc everywhere.

Wish I could obligate people to watch this!

EVERYONE should see this movie - especially if you have kids, this is terrifying.

It's a well-made Docu-movie that doesn't preach or go overboard with scaring you, it presents the facts straight up.

The fact that all of the people being interviewed are former CEO/Presidents etc of the big tech companies (Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Google) is proof that people can actually grow a conscience, but the genie is out of the bottle and can't be put back in.

Solid 10/10

This is a MUST WATCH documentary.

They tell you how your data is used to the profit of the tech companies. How YOU become the product. It shows the dark sides of RECOMMENDATIONS by these algorithms. Recommendation algorithms shows you content that they predict we may like using the data models created from our data and not necessarily the CONTENT THAT WE NEED.

They keep us hooked to these platforms by using addictive features so that they can show more Ads and get profits while we loose our precious time.

An interesting and very disturbing documentary on how we are all being manipulated.

“Our attention can be mined. We are more profitable to a corporation if we’re spending time staring at a screen, staring at an ad, than if we’re spending that time living our life in a rich way.

And so, we’re seeing the results of that. We’re seeing corporations using powerful artificial intelligence to outsmart us and figure out how to pull our attention toward the things they want us to look at, rather than the things that are most consistent with our goals and our values and our lives.” - Justin Rosenstein, Facebook Former Engineer, Google Former Engineer, Asana Co-Founder.

Very interesting documentary about how tech companies capitalize on human psychology and precisely on our weaknesses. A great point mentioned is how the fact that feeds are "personalized" for each user gives us that false sense that everyone agrees with us simply because everyone in our news feed sounds just like us. Getting exposed to opposing opinions, fact checking news, and choosing what to see rather than just going with what is recommended are just a few of the ideas to have somewhat of a control over what we consume.

Left me frustated..Even though we know some things this documentary makes you scary... 7.5/10

Take this documentary as you wish, but there is something really scary about the extent to which social media controls us. As you watch you begin to realize that Facebook and other social media platforms are telling you what to think and not letting you think for yourself. It is a crazy thought, but one that largely explains the extreme political divide that we face right now in the United States. People continue to see things online that they already believe, which strengthens their belief in that thing, no matter if its right or wrong. This is because the formula social media uses to keep you engaged is to show you things you agree with. If you disagree with something you are less likely to interact with it. I hope that what people learn from this is that we need to start seeing all sides of things no matter how wrong or immoral we view the other side to be. A MUST WATCH.

this is understandably not a happy or even enjoyable watch, but it's a very good documentary. it's stressful and a little embarrassing in a way. you can immediately identify your own habits as well as people in your life who have fallen for the algorithms in play on social media—someone i thought to be very smart and compassionate has turned into a complete conspiracy nut thanks to facebook, for example.

(i really just wish i were friends with the instagram developers so they could give me the original algorithm and ad free fork they all use. i miss chronological instagram ALL THE TIME.)

Really good explain the Social media's effects in our brain.