What social media is selling are dopamine hits. Putting out hate and getting people worked up scores you a small dopamine hit. Getting an honest sounding compliment and having a stranger show interest and appreciation in something you are secretly very proud of, gets you an instant massive dopamine hit, followed by more little hits every time you remember the compliment.
So true. In a related tangent, without this, Fox News would have only ever been another shitty cable channel. I've been forced to watch it a few times by virtue of being in a place I couldn't leave, and it's full of this shit: words or pictures provoking anger, anger, anger, praise, fear, anger, anger, etc.
It's no wonder the watchers of it can't get off it: the world must feel very empty if you've been on a careening subliminal emotional rollercoaster of media intake for however long.
I don’t get hate DM’s but I do get an occasional message saying good things about my music when I post something. Then it turns out to be a scammer or someone offering whatever social media marketing scheme (which is probably a scam too).
That's so annoying. I'm going to start an anti-scamming fund. Any money you donate to this fund is guaranteed to not be used to benefit a scammer until it has been spent at least once more!
It is so easy manipulating idiots. The best part is manipulating others for good, not to gain leverage, but manipulate for the benefit of all, greater good like.
54 Comments
thethrilloftime69@feddit.online · 161 pts · 114d
I don't get texts like this. Am I doing something wrong?
Edit: Thank you all for your unkind comments.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 132 pts · 114d
FUCK YOU, MORON
(Is that better?)
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 93 pts · 114d
DO YOU EVEN WHITEN YOUR TEETH?
Ah fuck I did it wrong.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 37 pts · 114d
I FUCKING DIG UR STYLE HOMES
... Dammit
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 21 pts · 114d
YOU HAVE NICE FACIAL HAIR!
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 19 pts · 114d
THANK YOU IT'S A LOT OF WORK SO FIRST I TRIM THE SIDES SEE
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 114d
GOD DAMNIT YOU GUYS ARE SO WHOLESOME AND MAKE ME WANT TO NOT DESTROY HUMANITY!
MrShankles@reddthat.com · 16 pts · 114d
FUCKING AROOOOOOO BROTHER!!!
tomiant@piefed.social · 9 pts · 114d
It's "Holmes", latino gangbangers are super into Arthur Conan Doyle and shit.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 113d
I thought it was John Holmes, the x rated nigga
maccentric@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 113d
Get it together you
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 113d
Seee whaaats happenin
OrganicMustard@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 113d
u have a really nice cock
what do u use to trim it like that
(am I doing it correctly?)
fartographer@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 113d
A special type of pedo-adjacent rabbi did it for me! Well, to me. I was too young to understand the task at hand.
9point6@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 114d
I think you have to be terminally online in the Twitter way, not the Lemmy way
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 29 pts · 114d
Shut the fuck up and go back to where ever u came from then pussy.
::: spoiler Spoiler You're welcome :::
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 113d
Go to a Linux community and have an opinion on literally anything.
bonenode@piefed.social · 7 pts · 114d
tomiant@piefed.social · 2 pts · 114d
Probably yes. Be more assertive. Stand up for something. Insult people. FUCKING LIVE YOU WOBBLY HALF ZOMBIE!
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 91 pts · 114d
Men so starve to compliments that they turn instant friends when you tell them that the generic black shirt they wearing fit them really good.
orenj@leminal.space · 17 pts · 113d
...Is this tech? I should be nicer
quips@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 113d
But give real compliments, don’t say something you don’t mean
15liam20@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 113d
That's a really great tip, thanks man.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 113d
The compliment I got from someone that said she thought my dimples were cute has been giving me strength for the past decade.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 77 pts · 113d
lokalhorst@feddit.org · 72 pts · 114d
egrets@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 114d
Bonus:
kungen@feddit.nu · 17 pts · 113d
Activated charcoal isn't good for your enamel or mouth health in general, so I hope he has found a better way.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca · 13 pts · 113d
Gen Z tip: Chewing small gravel can strengthen your teeth, like lifting weights does for muscles
python@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 113d
Time really is a flat circle, Gastroliths have been in vogue before
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 7 pts · 114d
Transcript:
Person A: looks like a small paragraph.
Person B: One sentence.
Person B: another sentence
Well, we can (not) see where this is going
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 55 pts · 114d
I wish I could do this but I don't have any haters everyone loves me.
kinkles@sh.itjust.works · 81 pts · 114d
think again asshole
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 40 pts · 113d
I like your teeth
naught101@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 113d
You can't have them
Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 113d
throws dentures at your feet
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 113d
I quite enjoy the amount of space between your eyebrows and chin.
joker54@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 113d
It was a house fire. They won't grow back. Like my family.
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 113d
??
joker54@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 113d
Bad humor
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 114d
"i like your facial hair"
bro got very cozy very quickly
Dagnet@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 113d
I still remember the one time someone said I have a great moustache
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 113d
Can I feel your bristles?
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 114d
What social media is selling are dopamine hits. Putting out hate and getting people worked up scores you a small dopamine hit. Getting an honest sounding compliment and having a stranger show interest and appreciation in something you are secretly very proud of, gets you an instant massive dopamine hit, followed by more little hits every time you remember the compliment.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 11 pts · 114d
It's a tough cycle to break out of if you find yourself in it.
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 113d
So true. In a related tangent, without this, Fox News would have only ever been another shitty cable channel. I've been forced to watch it a few times by virtue of being in a place I couldn't leave, and it's full of this shit: words or pictures provoking anger, anger, anger, praise, fear, anger, anger, etc.
It's no wonder the watchers of it can't get off it: the world must feel very empty if you've been on a careening subliminal emotional rollercoaster of media intake for however long.
TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 113d
Let me try...
"You have a pretty mouth"
D_C@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 113d
Fuck you and stfu.
And get your cock out and fuck my mouth if you like it so much...but don't touch my hair or so help me!!!
Also, I'm not gay.
Bring lube, just in case.
I'M NOT GAY!
El_Scapacabra@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 113d
navigator@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 113d
I don’t get hate DM’s but I do get an occasional message saying good things about my music when I post something. Then it turns out to be a scammer or someone offering whatever social media marketing scheme (which is probably a scam too).
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 113d
That's so annoying. I'm going to start an anti-scamming fund. Any money you donate to this fund is guaranteed to not be used to benefit a scammer until it has been spent at least once more!
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 5 pts · 114d
How long until they get to the gay sex?
tomiant@piefed.social · 5 pts · 114d
It is so easy manipulating idiots. The best part is manipulating others for good, not to gain leverage, but manipulate for the benefit of all, greater good like.
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 114d
You did great but I'll keep my cudgel