A term or concept · 2016 · Platforms
The algorithm decides
Public argument about ranking, and the discovery that the ranking was a product decision made by people with objectives.
A parasocial argument that resolved in the wrong direction. People behaved as though the feed were a property of the world and were corrected by a document.
Manipulation. One-sided attachment engineered for somebody else's benefit. Paid intimacy, parasocial persuasion, sasaeng, grief extraction, the streak. The lane that pays the bills and the lane that causes the most harm, frequently at the same time.
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split_fromso the compound is still on the record.Aw & Chua (2021). - unverifiedFan self-report on humanising effects: social media made idols appear more 'down to earth', which produced stronger emotional connectionThe Psychological Impact of Parasocial Relationships on Adolescent K-pop Fans. ↗
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