Perhaps by those around you, by your company, by your community, by society, by a government, by your Lemmy instance,… It doesn’t matter.
Please describe your experiences below. (no judgment) 😎
By op, into posting
By you, into upvoting
We are all manipulates by our governments and companies trying to sell us things. On a smaller scale we are manipulated by the people in our lives. Even non-maliciously. Persuasion is a normal part of life.
Sure, but usually the term manipulation has a negative connotation.
In a sense, when my kid asks for fruit, they are manipulating me. But that’s not what anyone means. They mean a kind of devious persuasion.
Advertising + Marketing + Influencers
I just try to avoid them all as much as possible because they foul my mood
Now that I’m in my 40s,I cannot stand any form of marketing. It all comes across as blatant lies
I dont watch or listen to commercials, and Ive had ad blockers in some form since the early 00s even if it was just a custom hosts file.
I wont watch regular tv with commercials and more than half the time will turn off youtube if watching thru a smart tv if they dont allow the ad skip. If Netflix had no ad tier, I’d have no Netflix.
By my ex wife.
24/7 news tv channels. Banning them really felt like taking a wheight off my shoulders
We all manipulate each other constantly. The problem is when it’s predatory.
I think that intent is a key point here. Maybe respect too.
I mean you could say that I influence my friend merely by being in his presence. But that’s quite different from trying to sell him something.
Sure. All the time. By advertising. Commercial is bad. Political seems to be the crassest. The bigger politicians seem to speak only to manipulate, which I find quite offensive.
It’s a kind of mental violence. Terribly socially unhealthy. Future generations will be appalled.
