Zuck explains that Social Media is not causing polarisation and the faster dissemination of negatively connotated content, ignoring the responsibility part of the gatekeeper model (“that would be a fascinating discussion though, to go over with you what we are doing here, so lets not do that”), but he has a scientist, that doesnt believe thats the case.
Meanwhile:
Standard: Putin is Hitler, otherwise her career is over. So is that now society in general - or… Let’s talk about deplatforming next. Great or just wonderful? Self censoring, because of singular (virtual) identities?
But no, Zuck has found a fix, biometric security on headsets, eyetracking for advertising purposes, spacial audio, because Playstation did it, virtual meeting rooms, because of the pandemic, and a future where people arent supposed to travel anymore -- but hes not about making money short term, no - hes thinking hard about complex issues. NFT virtual clothing would be worth more, when it can move across different platforms (sure, in agreement, thats why NFTs are pushed, and will completely remove unautherized distribution, if connected to biometric ID), and if AI could morph it to fit all avatars imaginable, the designer job would be so much easier! (And lower cost.) Sorry, are we talking about society here, or about the future of the quick fashion industry?
Is there any buzzwordy trend he didnt pick up to explain how society will look like in the future?
Oh, lets clone Tiktok, the value add of our service is just grandmas pics of their grandchildren and ecommerce presences (I’m sure Tiktok is the best platform imaginable for societal… Sorry, cant think of what word comes next.) - and look at the value add, of military strategists posting their analysis on LinkedIn - because thats the only form of mass communication they are signed up for, so Journalists are now crawling that, and then maybe print our own currency. While tracking your emotional expressions and eyemovement. And then play the entire - “I think people are making logic jumps”, when they are saying social media enabled fakenews, trumpism, the popularization of authorianism (Hold the Line - Maria Ressa’s Nobel Price Speech)… - or that you had a team of 7 people to do human rights violations mitigation across your entire platform.
What could go wrong, really - when you now have the metric “smiles not enough” and sell that against ad-revenue. Oh, oh … and people buying NFT trinkets.
Oh, and I love the comment, that you focus on doing the meeting experience right, and “better than Zoom”, you know, with pressure sensitive gloves, to feel the table. To get it to the mainstream faster. Because thats just what Gates acknowledged. That this is the future growth sector. And you are fully thinking about social implications.