社交媒介威胁民主垄断注意力是社交媒体的商业模式,但它并没能更好地传播智识和真相,该好好监管了。社交媒体靠推送照片、个人动态、新闻和广告赚钱。它们能衡量你对不同内容的反应,因此了解如何打动你。它们搜集有关你的各种数据,利用算法学习如何吸引你的注意力。“眼球经济”就是让你不断浏览、点击、分享。那些希望影响民意的人会制作几十种不同版本的同一个广告,测试到底哪个让你最难抗拒。一项调研发现,在发达国家,一个人每天要触摸 Social Media Threats to Democracy Monopolizing attention is a business model for social media, but it does not overshadow intelligence and truth and should be well regulated. Social media make money by pushing photos, personal events, news and advertising. They measure how you react to different content, so understand how to impress you. They collect a variety of data about you and use algorithms to learn how to draw your attention. “Eye economy ” is to let you continue to browse, click, share. Those who want to influence public opinion will produce dozens of different versions of the same ad, and test which one makes you the hardest one to resist. One survey found that in developed countries, one person should touch everyday