Sure it's not really fair that I make $600K/yr to optimize the ad fill rate by 0.1% and someone else makes $15/hr waiting tables.. but let's not make it too fair.

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

I can't express with words how much I love this post.

My younger brother is a lifelong conservative and I'm always trying to chip away at his ideology. I think that the most impactful thing I've ever said to him to get him to question capitalism's organization of labor and resources was something along the lines of "We have incredible modern technology that has almost unlimited capacity to change the way that people live and function in the world, and the people who are the most skilled and educated in developing that technology are spending 100% of their time trying to serve you slightly more relevant banner ads.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Christ, imagine we get socialism and all the STEM jobs are still increasing CTR when it could be anything socially useful.

[–] macerated_baby_presidents@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tiktok but it's actually Manchurian Candidate-ing american kids or whatever

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i fuckin wish i got to do that instead of farming engagement metrics

[–] 420stalin69@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Optimizing the Hexbear tagline to get you, {{username}}, to read theory using A/B testing and funnel analysis.