ProtonBadger
@ProtonBadger@kbin.social
- Comment on What hobbies did you pick up during the pandemic and have you been able to keep them up? 1 year ago:
When Covid came to town I started learning French to do something constructive. I started with 1 hour+ Duolingo a day, then after a year I added comic books (Tintin/Asterix/Spirou/Natacha/etc.). Now I am reading the Maigret novels.
I finished the Duolingo course after ~3 years but they added more content so now I do ~15min a day just for fun, while most of my learning is through reading interesting novels, like Maigret.
I also took the ANUx's Astrophysics XSeries Program on EdX, it's spectacular and I learned so much from it. So I keep better up with new discoveries and understand what's going on.
- Comment on What exactly makes a shoe "orthopedic"? 1 year ago:
Looked up the brand, they look quite nice. Thank you.
- Comment on Don't you agree that individuals that went back to reddit are the same type that don't want to stick to different stuff assuming that everyone else has done their research? 1 year ago:
Yes, it's sad we generalize and vilify so much For those of us who are still enjoying Reddit, or both, there are perfectly valid reasons, good, let's not be tribal, it's all just social media. It would be nice if the fediverse could grow bigger though, we'll see how it goes.
- Comment on what is the procedure of buying a ship load of any cargo? ex; corn or paraffin wax? 1 year ago:
The one on Amazon was quite popular, judging from the reviews. I think there was a few "Verified Purchase" among them.
- Comment on Why so many people get triggered about ads nowadays? 1 year ago:
Indeed and people often say "if an ad is annoying I'll never buy that product, so ads don't work on me, also they've never made me run out and buy something" !
However advertising is accompanied with thorough independent market research and sales numbers and companies can directly see the impact of their ad campaigns. It's indisputable.
In the long term it's also about brand recognition, we see a "stupid ad" today and in a year when we're looking for that kind of thing we are more likely to choose that brand over another and we don't know why but "this jams seems better". The effect is proven, scary and it's something we're relatively helpless against. It doesn't help that our brains sometimes register things running in the background on the TV while we're petting the dog. Product placement in movies works like that too, if we notice it we think it's obvious and stupid, but we still notice it and even when we don't notice it our helpful subconscious is right there helping us remember.
Moving into even worse territory, on social media like Facebook they can profile us enough to know where we're leaning politically and if we're not entirely confident in our political stance they can show us ads that looks like product ads but are designed to nudge our political stance a bit to the side in the desired direction.
The effect of ads on the subconscious is scary. It's not mind control but it's can influence us.
Not on social media ? No problem, they still build up shadow profiles. A Google executive once bragged at a conference that they know everything we've done since the first day we got on the Internet. Hyperbolic maybe but that confidence comes from somewhere.
- Comment on Why so many people get triggered about ads nowadays? 1 year ago:
Maybe you're someone wholly untouchable but advertising is accompanied with thorough independent market research and sales numbers and companies can directly see the impact of their ad campaigns. It's indisputable.
In the long term it's also about brand recognition, you see a "stupid ad" today and in a year when you're looking for that kind of thing you are more likely to choose that brand over another and you don't know why but "this jams seems better". The effect is proven, scary and it's something we're relatively helpless against. It doesn't help that our brains sometimes register things running in the background on the TV while we're petting the dog. Product placement in movies works like that too, if we notice it we think it's obvious and stupid, but we still notice it and even when we don't notice it our helpful subconscious is right there helping us remember.
Moving into even worse territory, on social media like Facebook they can profile you enough to know where you're leaning politically and if you're not entirely confident in your political stance they can show you ads that looks like product ads but are designed to nudge your political stance a bit to the side in the desired direction.
The effect of ads on the subconscious is scary. It's not mind control but it's can influence you.