▲ 201 ▼ a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service (www.404media.co) submitted 1 year ago by Zak@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children) what in the actual 1984 is that thumbnail (and that slogan) permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's showing cell phones as marionettes. Marionettes are sometimes used as a metaphor to indicate that someone else is, behind the scenes, controlling something. Here, the company is controlling social media accounts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago yes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant "what the fuck" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) It's showing cell phones as marionettes. Marionettes are sometimes used as a metaphor to indicate that someone else is, behind the scenes, controlling something. Here, the company is controlling social media accounts. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago yes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant "what the fuck" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago yes, i understood the metaphor, in my comment i meant "what the fuck" permalink fedilink source parent