The dynamic between making something that can improve society and later it becoming a problem seems to be a pattern in modern society. For instance, automated AI replacing jobs and entire websites, or online shopping surging in the pandemic shutting down small and local businesses.

This reminds me of how in the 21st century, people are scared AI and bots are going to overturn humans and provide cheaper and more accurate results in companies and business. The parallels being similar, despite centuries apart, show how similar human traits are regardless of the changes in society.

I find that this term has a predetermined negative connotation to it, regardless of context. The belief that certain groups of people are "inferior" based on language, skin color, or background limits them in all aspects of society such as jobs, health care, politics, rights, etc.

I find that people use capitalist and socialism as interchangeable terms, including myself at times. Reading their definitions made me realize that the two are in fact different, particularly about how the government and people are involved publicly and are predetermined.

A lot of trending topics today, particularly ones of judgement or scandals, thrive on finding something negative to call someone or something out on. This sometimes can lead to false news, doxxing, and even threats that can be taken seriously because of rumors or misunderstandings twisted out of proportion.

I feel that many people use these terms interchangeably, which provides the idea that if someone does something "bad", regardless of how extreme, they are "bad". This ideology can involve many different other broader factors such as politics and economy, but acknowledging something faulty about a person doesn't necessarily bring about positive or negative consequences because of that self-awareness.

I find it interesting how morals are involved in this statement. I feel like being morally obligated to harass or bully someone, regardless of the reasoning or factors, brings up questions on violence and making it normalized when it comes to certain cases.

Through personal experiences of using social media, I feel like cross-platform raids are uncommon from what I've heard. A lot of users that use a specific platform will bully or harass a person through that social media in most cases as the group of people formed on that particular platform instead of another.

This is a good example of why crowdsourcing, in certain cases, is more harmful than helpful. Incidents like this can put innocent people at risk with the law and continue to instigate/encourage illegal and violent activity to occur in today's society.

I've never even heard of such a concept of scientists making games for their own research but simultaneously being a hobby for other people. Its really interesting how other opinions of people on the same concept can provide faster and more open solutions.

I feel like bots aren't always the better alternative when it comes to monitoring content. Sometimes, a bot will take down a piece of content that wasn't violating any guidelines, but may have somehow triggered the bot to view it as a problem. Human moderators are more precise with their monitoring because of their bias and ability to dissect the issue at hand.

It's really interesting how shocking or controversial topics makes websites and social platforms gain more traction, despite it risking a negative spotlight or problematic reputation for the platform. Its parallel to clickbait and how viewers or interactions are more likely considering how intriguing the topic may be, regardless of how morally right or wrong it is.

I've noticed a lot of users nowadays make their illnesses or disabilities almost as a personality trait. Although this brings awareness to mental health and disabilities, it can place people in a mindset that causes them to overthink or panic about what possible conditions they have, which can bring harm to others.

I find it interesting how social media and mental health have such a complex relationship, more so now than decades ago. Despite social media becoming more of a hub for artists and creators, there's still massive amounts of toxicity and pressure that people judge themselves and others for.

I draw parallels between celebrities, popular posts, drama, etc., with natural selection because of how popular topics or keywords can make the post or person immediately "selected" for the spotlight. Especially if people give more "friction" to the original post, it makes similarly formatted posts selected to be part of the popular or trending topics.

I knew memes were a large representation of 2000s-2020s, but I didn't know that the concept of them originated from early concepts such as evolution. Memes are described in this definition as a pattern, but one that develops over time in accordance to an evolving society.

I feel like covid played a big role in making filter bubbles more prominent in social media. Over the last few years, I have noticed a shift in how people organize themselves online, whether it's aligning themself with an aesthetic, a community, political views, etc. Interacting with people who identify themselves as part of a filtered community is so interesting compared to what other opinions and beliefs other groups hold.

This reminds me of how it seems like social media platforms almost "listen" to what I am talking about or show interests in. I see ads or posts that I might have mentioned in passing or liked the topic, and the ads appear on my home page perfectly curated for me, which I have always found impressive yet slightly concerning.

This is a new term for me, as I've learned about the primary colors of red, green, and blue in electromagnetic waves and the colors of pixels images are made up of, but I didn't know that most people see in these colors as well. Its also interesting how trichtomats and tetrachromats aren't defined as being disabled, despite not being able to see certain colors.

It's really interesting to me that disabilities are considered "subjective" to each society. Just because I am able to see, hear, walk, or do something doesn't prove I'm completely able to do something in every society or environment.

I encounter non-user information primarily when I use a new website or social media platform, and even before signing in or creating an account, sometimes the database will know my exact location, my first and last name, phone number, etc. Some platforms and apps don't have this information until it is given to them by the user, which is a much safer and controlled option.

I think the phrasing "right to be forgotten" almost has a cryptic meaning behind it, as nothing on the internet can truly be forgotten, even if it is wiped from an account, search results, archives, etc. I also found that regulations surrounding the internet very different compared to the U.S. and international countries, as I've never even heard of this regulation here.

Despite knowing that time=money, especially in the case of social media, I've always wondered where the money itself came from. Does the government pay companies for every 1,000 views or 100 interactions or is it more aligned with Bitcoin/similar forms of money?

I find it surprising how people are overlooked now in favor for the judgement of AI. Rather than having one-on-one human interaction and interpreting the person as you are interacting with them, AI is using numbers and calculations to analyze and critique the person in question, making the judgement less realistic and an unfairness in the sense that a non-sentient thing is judging a sentient being.

Trolls definitely like to instigate arguments and/or hurt feelings. I relate it back to my previously mentioned annotation of the corporate ladder where if a lower position/newbie argues with the manager/troll, the manager ultimately wins regardless of what was said, as they were trying to make an argument start in the first place.

I think trolling is, in some senses, similar to how society and the idea of how a corporate ladder works. Starting positions at big companies are comparable to "newbies", and sometimes are put down by managers/employers/bosses simply for not being as experienced or high power as they are. These actions also are comparable to the effects of trolling, which are often negative and taken seriously by the receiving end.

People using social media as a form of validation is a very common pattern in today's society. The comparison between their lives in-person and online is so drastic, almost as if entering a virtual and ideal reality of theirs. Specifically, young teens and adults seem to be creating a new version of themselves, creating the internet to be an ideal representation of themselves.

This incident reminds me of how people will pretend or even in some cases, claim, to be a race that they definitely aren't. People change their race because of romanticizing, sexualization, aesthetics, etc. On the internet, people has gone as far as allowing certain hobbies or interests to be for certain races and entertaining the idea of "race-fishing" to seem more appealing or interesting.

This infinite scroll ability also reminds me about how game development has evolved. 8-bit and point-click games also couldn't show more than one scene at a time, and from which developed side-scrollers, platforms, and eventually open-world, which is almost infinite in terms of possibilities and choices, similar to how social media works today.

It's really interesting about the fact that the textbook (for now) focuses a lot on The United States' development of media and its foundation. It would be interesting to see how different international countries were in how developed their internet/messaging/ and online databases were compared to the U.S.'s.

I found the idea of "coordinated humans" to be really interesting. It makes me think about how, especially in today's technological advancements and pull towards an AI-focused society, we could all just be a string of binary codes in a general computer, similar to Social Security Numbers in a sense.

I knew that most images are made up of the RGB scale, just to a very small degree. This also makes me wonder if there are images made of the MYC scale (magenta, yellow, cyan) which are the actual primary colors for light waves and on the electromagnetic spectrum.

In contrast to humans, bots dont have any sort of ethics or morals. Because of this, most bots that appear to be racist aren't racist because of the programmers intentions (sometimes it may be the case), but rather the bot not being able to differentiate what is morally right and wrong because of the lack of understanding and morals of racism, homophobia, sexism, etc.

I find it interesting that there is a protagonist and antagonistic bots. Since bots don't have sentience or human emotions, the "types" of bots they are are predetermined by the programmer and their intentions. The decision the programmer makes on the bot's function plays a key role on how the internet is affected as a result of the bots instructions.

It's actually very interesting to think about how a lot of ethical decisions we make daily are originally based off of frameworks that philosophers/teachers/etc. had created hundreds of years ago. Confucianism, taoism, nihilism is implemented within several decisions that we as a society make every day, and it reflects upon our character, community, and even our society as a whole.

Confucianism incorporates the balance between nature, man, and the cosmos (otherwise refereed to as heaven). The balance of heaven was reflective on human relations, which the hierarchy of relationships was a fundamental in the foundation of Confucianist framework and ideology. in the modern China, a large portion of the society relies on Confucianist framework that makes a parallel connection between state/government and values of human connection/family.