Headline, March 16 2025/ ''' THE VIEW ESSAY '''

''' THE VIEW ESSAY '''

FIRST AND FOREMOST : THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY is the exclusive and eternal ownership of every student in the world. On !WOW! total power lies with the students of the world.

!WOW! : The future generation of Leaders, Grandparents, Parents, Students, Professors and Teachers   will be so happy and grateful for all the hardwork and sacrifices, that they'll probably combust.

FOR SOCIAL MEDIA - THE DATA SCIENTISTS ARE interested in only one thing : sustained attention. That's why online we are made to feel so very comfortable.

MOST online algorithms quantify and profile you, putting a number on how much you're worth, whether it's to sell you a luxury item or to prey upon you if they deem you vulnerable to gambling,  predatory loans, or cryptocurrencies. 

SHAME IS A VISCERAL - INSTINCTUAL RESPONSE. WE react violently to shaming by others, either by feeling shame or by feeling outraged at the attempt.

This human hard wiring - which historically salvaged our reputations and preserved our lives, is being hijacked and perverted by the big tech companies for profits. In the process, we are needlessly pitted against one another.

It doesn't have to be like this. What I've learned - in part from very personal experience - is that she comes in a number of forms, the better we understand it, the better we can fight back.

Whereas shame is primarily a useful social mechanism that coerces its target into conforming with a shared norm, the kind of shaming that often goes viral on social media is a punching-down type of shame where the target cannot choose to conform even if they tried.

That obese woman who fell over in her scooter at Walmart? Viral. That overdose victim? Shamed.

Shame's secondary goal is arguably more effective on social media, namely to broadcast the norm for everyone to see. When we see yet another phone video of an outrageous public ''Karen'' situation, it can conceivably be seen as a learning situation for everyone else.

But what exactly are we learning? The ensuing viral shame is swift and overly simplistic, often leaving little context or right to due process.

When we do hear further from the target, the shame tends to have backfired, leaving the alleged Karen defiant, finding community with equally defiant others.

Finally, the underlying societal problem exposed by a Karen episode is left unaddressed : that white women hold outsize power over others, especially Black men, because of a historical bias in policing.

As poorly as shame plays out, it is exactly how the big tech companies have designed it. I should know - I used to work as a data scientist in the world of online ads.

I would decide who deserved an opportunity and who did not, based on who had spent money in the past and who hadn't.

Most online algorithms quantify and profile you, putting a number on how much you're worth, whether it's to sell you a luxury item or to prey upon you if they deem you vulnerable to gambling, predatory loans, or cryptocurrencies.

In turn, the advertisers who find you figure out your weaknesses and deftly exploit them.

When I realized I was helping build a terrible system, I got out.

FOR SOCIAL MEDIA - the data scientists are interested in only one thing : sustained attention. That's why online we are made to feel so very uncomfortable, surrounded by like-minded friends, perhaps thousands of them.

It's big enough to feel like we're '' in society,'' but of course it's actually quite small, a minute corner of the world.

The ways we disagree with others outside our group are filtered straight to us, via algorithms, and used the ways we agree with one another are likewise filtered away from us, making them essentially invisible.

To sum : '' For Social Media we first need to share norms and even a sense of trust. ''

The Honour and Serving of the Latest Global Operational Research on Big Tech Bit, continues. The World Students Society thanks Cathy O'Neil, who is the author of '' The Shame Machine : Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation.''

With most respectful dedication to The Global Founder Framers of The World Students Society - the exclusive and eternal ownership of every student in the world - : wssciw.blogspot.com and Twitter X !E-WOW! - The Ecosystem 2011 :

Good Night and God Bless

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