Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Nosedive Reaction Post -- Extra Credit

Followers Follow Your Every Move

     Black Mirror's Nosedive is a look into what out future could possibly become. While I personally find myself using social media less and less it was because I too found myself to be wrapped up in how others saw me. We have become entitled, we feel that their should be information and profiles on everyone we meet. Often even thinking people who don't have a social media presence to be strange. Social media has caused us all to not only look at ourselves through a microscope but each other as well. The word "followers" is used in countless social media sites like tumblr, instagram and twitter. Which makes sense because that is exactly what we do; follow each others every move, good or bad.
     In Nosedive each person the main character some in contact with checks their "score" like a linkedIn profile. The scene in which she goes to a consultant to analyze herself is unsettling. To see every mistake you make shown are a chart that rises and dips.
Photo Credit: "20090515 semanal Dax Xetra 30, FDAX, desde junio 2006 a mayo 2009 (futuro eurex, chart velas)" by trackrecord is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 
( A declining chart)
One day out own lives could look like the chart in Nosedive, or the chart above. Everything we do becoming a simple line. Everything we do will remain on the internet forever, it holds our entire legacy. Having a legacy online is predicted to be a major contender for jobs and social situation in the future. We will lose our sense of authenticity in order to keep ourselves perfect online. Just like the following scene in Nosedive.

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