普遍误以为某事是真的
People have the misconception it's our data being sold.The Social Dilemma · 2020 — 第 3 / 14 章 · 2'26" · C1
一个人刷手机刷到接近平均使用时长,系统先 pull back on friends and family(减少这类内容的推送),再 squeeze in(见缝插针地插入)一条球鞋广告。想聊科技公司怎么调你的信息流,这两个说法马上能用。
有人把话挑明:人们以为被卖掉的是自己的数据,这只是一个 misconception(普遍的错误看法),真正管用的是模型——They build models that predict our actions(他们建模型预测我们的行为)。讲到使用时长时,一句 pull back on friends and family(减少这类内容的推送)之后,又 squeeze in(见缝插针地插入)一条球鞋广告。很多科技公司有三个目标:drive up your usage(把使用量往上推)、拉新、广告变现,需要时 dial up the ads(把广告调高一点)。
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misconceptionbusiness interestpull back ontend to trigger
本章短语
普遍的错误看法a common wrong belief
这句用 misconception 先纠正一个普遍误解:大家以为被卖掉的是我们的数据,先把靶子立起来。
People have the misconception that cats ignore you on purpose.人们有一种误解,以为猫是故意不理人。
商业利益
减少…的投入
容易激起你的情绪
见缝插针地插入
把使用量往上推
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普遍误以为某事是真的
People have the misconception it's our data being sold.商业利益
前一句提到人们对数据的误解,这句用 business interest 解释:交出数据不符合 Facebook 的商业利益。
It's not in Facebook's business interest to give up the data.交出数据或放弃数据
It's not in Facebook's business interest to give up the data.形式主语:It 是形式主语,真正主语是 to give up the data;整句说交出数据不符合其商业利益。
It's not in Facebook's business interest to give up the data.快读时 not in 常黏成一团,t 轻带滑向 in
It's not in Facebook's business interest to give up the data.do they 两个词都压得很轻,别逐字读满
What do they do with that data?预测我们的行为
They build models that predict our actions, and whoever has the best model wins.主语从句:whoever 等于 anyone who,整个从句作主语,意为‘谁拥有最好的模型,谁赢’。
They build models that predict our actions, and whoever has the best model wins.平均使用时长
Nearing the end of his average session length.页面广告密度——广告科技行话,外行场合少用
Decreasing ad load.减少…的投入
台词里 pull back on 出现在滑动变慢、接近平均使用时长之后:把朋友和家人的内容往回收。
Pull back on friends and family.all of the 常缩成一团,of 只剩轻轻的弱元音
All of the things we've ever done, all the clicks we've ever made, all让你一直看下去
Where you'll go. I can predict what kind of videos will keep you watching.容易激起你的情绪 trigger 不是扣扳机,这里指激起情绪反应
I can predict what kinds of emotions tend to trigger you.大型翻车合集——网络口语,朋友调侃用,正式场合别用
The most epic fails of the year.见缝插针地插入
测试的视频奏效后,一句 Beautiful(漂亮)之后用 squeeze in 安排球鞋广告:趁正片开始前塞进去。
Beautiful. Let's squeeze in a sneaker ad before it starts.把使用量往上推
讲到互动目标时,用 drive up your usage 说要把使用量推高,让你一直刷下去。
There's the engagement goal: to drive up your usage, to keep you scrolling.尽可能多的钱
And then there's the advertising goal: to make sure that, as all that's happening, we're making as much money as possible from advertising.时间状语从句:as 是‘当……发生时’,插入 make sure that 后,说明两件事同时进行。
And then there's the advertising goal: to make sure that, as all that's happening, we're making as much money as possible from advertising.摸索出答案
接着用 figure out 说算法的任务:弄清楚该给你看什么,好让数字继续涨。
whose job is to figure out what to show you to keep those numbers going up.定语从句:whose 指前面的 algorithms,whose job 把‘算法的工作’接在名词后,说明职责。
whose job is to figure out what to show you to keep those numbers going up.按需调节指标 把增长指标比作可调旋钮
We often talked about, at Facebook, this idea of being able to just dial that as needed.把广告量调高一点 dial 不是打电话,是把广告量往上调
"Let's dial up the ads a little bit."a little bit 里 t 很轻,快说时像一小团滑过去
"Let's dial up the ads a little bit."精确程度
And so, that happ-- I mean, at all of these companies, there is that level of precision.They build models that predict our actions, and whoever has the best model wins.他们建立模型来预测我们的行为,谁拥有最好的模型,谁就赢。 把数据生意说成模型竞赛,whoever 句式像冷冰冰的格言。
I can predict what kinds of emotions tend to trigger you.我能预测哪类情绪容易把你点燃。 把推荐系统说成情绪扳机,trigger 一词让人后背发凉。
Beautiful. Let's squeeze in a sneaker ad before it starts.漂亮。趁它开始前,塞一条球鞋广告进去。 beautiful 的满意与 squeeze 的硬塞并置,广告的粗暴变得轻巧。
We often talked about, at Facebook, this idea of being able to just dial that as needed.我们常聊到,在 Facebook,能按需把它调一调。 把增长说成可随手调节的旋钮,轻描淡写反而更冷。
意思是「普遍的错误看法」,很多人相信、但其实并不对的想法。台词里人们以为被卖掉的是自己的数据,说话的人说这只是一个 misconception。
squeeze in。台词里一句 Let's squeeze in a sneaker ad before it starts,说的是趁视频开始前硬塞一条球鞋广告进去。
是「交出数据」。整句 It's not in Facebook's business interest to give up the data 说的是:交出这些数据不符合它的商业利益。
tend to trigger。台词里 I can predict what kinds of emotions tend to trigger you,说的是模型能预测哪类情绪容易让你有反应。
dial 是旋钮、刻度盘,这里当动词用:像拧旋钮那样把指标调高一点。台词里 Dial up monetization, just slightly 也是这个用法,指把流量变收入稍微调高。
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第 2 章human futures人的行为被当成期货卖
正在看 · 第 3 章dial up the ads拧旋钮调高广告投放
第 4 章fall prey to拼趣总裁也放不下手机
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第 6 章conflate发言者拆解点赞焦虑
第 7 章a mind of its own后台算法密谋拉回用户
第 8 章reckon with拿维基百科比喻信息流
第 9 章tilt the floor研究称假新闻快六倍
第 10 章weaponizing social media平台成了说服武器
第 11 章digital Frankensteins访谈里反驳技术威胁论
第 12 章willful ignorance聊文明会不会完蛋
第 13 章put the genie back in the bottle受访者呼吁监管巨头
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