12-16-2015, 10:53 PM
Topic moved.
This is quite disturbing. That said, speaking as someone who is rather averse towards social media due to privacy concerns, I can't say I'm entirely surprised by this. Given the propensity of these kind of systems to be self-sustaining and encouraging peer pressure, it was really only a matter of time before someone would 'gamify' them in this manner.
If there's a bright side to this story, it's that the Chinese government ended up being so blatant about their plans by announcing that it would be mandatory in the future, thus exposing the ugliness of this system from the get go. Honestly, had they handled all this with some degree of subtlety, they could have potentially gotten away with this with little to no criticism. After all, it's not like there aren't plenty of people who buy into this sort of thing willing and eagerly.
This is quite disturbing. That said, speaking as someone who is rather averse towards social media due to privacy concerns, I can't say I'm entirely surprised by this. Given the propensity of these kind of systems to be self-sustaining and encouraging peer pressure, it was really only a matter of time before someone would 'gamify' them in this manner.
If there's a bright side to this story, it's that the Chinese government ended up being so blatant about their plans by announcing that it would be mandatory in the future, thus exposing the ugliness of this system from the get go. Honestly, had they handled all this with some degree of subtlety, they could have potentially gotten away with this with little to no criticism. After all, it's not like there aren't plenty of people who buy into this sort of thing willing and eagerly.
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