“But conversations about digital infidelity are happening as young people express increasing dissatisfaction…

“But conversations about digital infidelity are happening as young people express increasing dissatisfaction with love and romance. They’re burned out on dating apps that turn love into a monetised, algorithmic game.” 1/3 https://t.co/9N8KGtX1AB

We’re fundamentally transforming our cultures, and with them our own emotional and psychological lives, with our communications technology. We’re acting as if the platforms are neutral locations to transact our pre-platform lives. But the platforms are changing us. 2/3

And we’re not in control of those changes. Algorithms are. Algorithms written to maximise returns to platform shareholders. Algorithms that maximise connection and therefore conflict, to generate traffic. /end