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ElProlactin 2 hours ago [-]
> I built one of China’s first multi-channel networks in 2014 with Thoughtful Media Group. We grew channels on China’s YouTube-equivalent platforms. I eventually struck gold with a video called “The Beauties of ChinaJoy 2014” (CJ2014: 最性感的视频), which went viral on a video platform called Youku in July of that year.
The irony of a company called "Thoughtful Media Group" making its mark on the world with...a 4 minute YouTube video of scantily-clad models at a gaming expo.
N_Lens 2 hours ago [-]
Interesting perspective, thanks for sharing. I don’t know where either road (America’s approach vs China’s) will lead. I do think suppressing desires in a society is likely to lead unhealthy outcomes, but perhaps there’s a balance.
ahartmetz 1 hours ago [-]
Most countries are "suppressing the desires" for certain drugs and gambling, some even for sugary softdrinks. These don't necessarily lead to unhealthy outcomes. The easiest cases are where people simply do less of the bad thing without turning to crime, like with softdrinks. Engagement-bait minidramas seem to be such a case.
jdw64 3 hours ago [-]
In China, there are first tier cities and second tier cities, and there is also the issue of migrant workers . The reason college students are so strongly opposed to the 'return to the countryside' movement is that they know once you go down, there is no way back up. And joining the Communist Party, and inheriting about half of the party's positions, is part of that reality. In that sense, it's not that women have a fantasy about marrying up, but rather that they are making a survival driven choice. Even within our East Asian cultural sphere, there has been a strong preference for sons due to the agricultural way of life. As a result, selective abortion has led to a significant shortage of women.
There is criticism that my country's K dramas encourage marrying up, but I don't think women's choices in the subtly stratified hierarchy of East Asian society are wrong. It's not a war; I see it as women simply surviving
beardyw 2 hours ago [-]
I think immigrants (oh, sorry, expats) in the USA would get a fairly obvious rebuke if they complained about living or doing business there.
ralph84 51 minutes ago [-]
Good thing the author didn't complain about living or doing business in China.
fellowniusmonk 1 hours ago [-]
Whoever wrote this, I find them incredibly unsympathetic.
Some people have the desire to gamble their lives away, to take on extreme amounts of debt and then die in despair.
Same goes for alcoholism.
Same goes for ponzi schemes.
We don't ban alcohol because bans of it drive organized crime.
On media consumption apps the west blocks children from seeing porn, adults from seeing snuff films, adults from seeing how to make a bomb.
I don't think I believe anyone who claims to stand on these things on principle unless they are also pro right to repair and pro open source. I won't believe you are advocating for freedom if you only ever argue for exploitative extraction of resources via preying on human frailty.
And personally I think we should ban skinners box algorithms from being the default on any app.
We explicitly make apps to be as lazy as possible to use by people and low IQ people or obsessive people with poor impulse control and to extract as much of their money and attention as possible, and behind closed door and in full view tech is very explicit about this.
Separately, some people are destructive idiot or do idiot things, they do actual damage to our society and make everyone have less resources, breaking windows, burning money, living in "maladaptive fantasy", etc.
These types of very simple arguments about human nature and freedom as a virtue coming from someone openly bragging about running exploits against human nature seems like a wolf bemoaning the sheep dog.
xg15 2 hours ago [-]
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yanhangyhy 2 hours ago [-]
> An American Expat Describes the CCP’s Crackdown on Microdramas
American Expat == it's not neutral
iammjm 41 minutes ago [-]
> It prevents the mass whorification of women. Yet human nature and market forces will always ensure that whores exist.
I’d be more careful using the word “whore”, especially as a dude. To me it kinda feels like the “n-word” equivalent but for women. Purely hurtful and meant to denigrate. Even more so in this context. Like there is not even a similarly hateful term I know for a highly sexual or “slutty” male. Hypersexual behaviour is something the society seems to have a problem only when it’s women. Why contribute to this clearly exist sentiment? Let people live and have fun and even make money off of it if they are not hurting anybody
thin_carapace 19 minutes ago [-]
anybody can be a whore, conflating whoreness with femininity is probably a you issue not a societal issue. 'manwhore' is an extant, commonly used male specific term for 'promiscuous human', implying to me that there is a portion of society that don't ascribe negativity solely to female promiscuity. personally I'd be happy to use the term 'promiscuous human' if it didnt have 6x as many syllables as 'whore'. I also don't understand why it is hateful to label somebody's behaviour - am I meant to ignore that partner count and divorce rate are correlated, just so that a small subset of humans can go behave like animals instead of behaving normally? do you think that kids of broken families are happy their mothers and fathers slept around as youths and weren't taught commitment?
ptsneves 12 minutes ago [-]
That part hurt a bit, but i think it highlights the point of the author: do you want something extremely distasteful(even in words) but real or you would rather go for forced harmony?
I would say that word is so offensive that it forced me to think whether I am a fascist for wanting it to be toned down, just like the CCP. Articles like this are a good check on personal beliefs.
From that point of view the article is really well written.
The irony of a company called "Thoughtful Media Group" making its mark on the world with...a 4 minute YouTube video of scantily-clad models at a gaming expo.
There is criticism that my country's K dramas encourage marrying up, but I don't think women's choices in the subtly stratified hierarchy of East Asian society are wrong. It's not a war; I see it as women simply surviving
Some people have the desire to gamble their lives away, to take on extreme amounts of debt and then die in despair.
Same goes for alcoholism.
Same goes for ponzi schemes.
We don't ban alcohol because bans of it drive organized crime.
On media consumption apps the west blocks children from seeing porn, adults from seeing snuff films, adults from seeing how to make a bomb.
I don't think I believe anyone who claims to stand on these things on principle unless they are also pro right to repair and pro open source. I won't believe you are advocating for freedom if you only ever argue for exploitative extraction of resources via preying on human frailty.
And personally I think we should ban skinners box algorithms from being the default on any app.
We explicitly make apps to be as lazy as possible to use by people and low IQ people or obsessive people with poor impulse control and to extract as much of their money and attention as possible, and behind closed door and in full view tech is very explicit about this.
Separately, some people are destructive idiot or do idiot things, they do actual damage to our society and make everyone have less resources, breaking windows, burning money, living in "maladaptive fantasy", etc.
These types of very simple arguments about human nature and freedom as a virtue coming from someone openly bragging about running exploits against human nature seems like a wolf bemoaning the sheep dog.
American Expat == it's not neutral
I’d be more careful using the word “whore”, especially as a dude. To me it kinda feels like the “n-word” equivalent but for women. Purely hurtful and meant to denigrate. Even more so in this context. Like there is not even a similarly hateful term I know for a highly sexual or “slutty” male. Hypersexual behaviour is something the society seems to have a problem only when it’s women. Why contribute to this clearly exist sentiment? Let people live and have fun and even make money off of it if they are not hurting anybody
I would say that word is so offensive that it forced me to think whether I am a fascist for wanting it to be toned down, just like the CCP. Articles like this are a good check on personal beliefs. From that point of view the article is really well written.