Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@kakure Just found this

https://www.terrafermamedia.com/social-media-ads-conversations/

@kakure Parents of children called Alaxa are complaining about amazons Alexa devices as when they say their child's name the device wakes up too.

@kakure I have spoken to people where this has happened so yes, people seem to think it is normal, i wonder if others here have more documented evidence.

@freemo @lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

I think this needs looking in to more to figure out what the root causes of mental health issues are and how we can then address them.

No easy fix, sadly many people seem to turn to alcohol / drugs to fix.

@kakure @theprivacyfoundation
Rather than coming up with new resources, maybe share existing content

https://www.datadetoxkit.org/en/home

from @info_activism

has some good ideas, but I would argue know your audience, and their level of IT knowledge.

As them if they have had conversations then found adverts pop up seeming randomly that are however linked to that conversation.

so talking about say cars and you get a car ad pop up

now get them to think about a very private and persona thing (something you may not want shared) and imagine someone eavesdropping on that conversation.

Perhaps then suggest alternatives / replacements, use duck duck go rather than google for search. could be a good first step.

@freemo @lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

I think it is also about separating nudity and sexual activity, as in here there is that perceived link that naked = sex.

So being nude on a non nude beach is seen as a breach of the sexual offences act, so people can't even go skinny dipping on a hot and humid evening, from an empty beach without being at risk of arrest. if someone sees you they could report you.

From my viewpoint there is a difference between say skinny dipping and flashing people, or acting in a sexual way in public.

Apparently a lot of women are subjected to sexual harassment here, comments, whistling, cat calling and even flashing.

So there seems to be a bigger problem in the UK.

@freemo @lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

There seems to be a different attitude to sex / nudity too, which I guess comes with the idea that you don't just people on what they look like.

Apparently within naturist communities there is far more respect for each other.

Hence here in the UK we seem obsessed with what people look like, to the point where people take ever more steps to look what they consider perfect (as in like some model or social media celeb who is mostly make up and software filters)

Platforms such as Instagram take advantage of this and send people who are less body confident pictures of people who apparently look a lot better, result is people people worse about them selves. Hence the rising mental health issues trying to reach something that is probably not reachable but accepting who you are is perfectly fine.

@freemo @lucifargundam @Chrisleon27

Why is that, ? what do the they do differently ?