Corporations

Sales organizations that grow primarily through an expansion in membership.

Employing strategies to encourage users to engage with more frequency and investment than the user would prefer.

Collecting and collating information about a user from across the internet in order to create a representational model of their interests and attitudes.

Algorithmically driven content selection that prioritizes content that aligns with the user's prior ideas.

Attempting to manipulate perception of an entity through large volumes of inauthentic feedback.

Creating dynamics in which dangerous activity is glorified and implicitly encouraged.

The creation of an a unidirectional emotional connection, often for manipulation.