Things Schools Should Actually Teach | Flipping Internet Manipulation Tactics
The Internet was designed to track, manipulate, and control you. AI? Algorithms? Tracking? Dark patterns in User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI)? The designers did not build these dark patterns to benefit you. Instead, they were built to predict, influence, and profit from your behavior. Internet manipulation tactics are pervasive. The system is rigged for the house. Internet manipulation tactics are how the house rigs and maintains the game.
Winning the Kobayashi Maru
Winning the Kobayashi Maru is impossible. Or so they say. What happens when you know how the game works? You flip it around and use it to your advantage.
How the Internet Traps People with Internet Manipulation Tactics
Perhaps you always suspected it but never knew the truth. Maybe you never cared about it one way or another. Wherever you fall on this continuum, this article will help you see, understand, and be an informed consumer.
- Algorithms decide what they see.
- Tracking follows them across every device.
- They think “Incognito Mode” means privacy.
- They click on things, but don’t realize they’re being manipulated.
- They rely on social media instead of controlling their own platform.
That’s how the system traps people. But what if instead of playing their game, you reverse-engineered it?
How I Turned the System on Itself
- AI? I don’t let it shape what I see. Instead, I use it to optimize what I create.
- Tracking? I know how it works, so I control what data I give away.
- Social media algorithms? Instead of relying on them, I built my own platform.
- Censorship & deplatforming? Not a problem when you own your audience.
- Psychological manipulation? If you can spot it, you don’t fall for it.
When you understand the system, it cannot control you. Instead, you flip the script use the system as a tool.
The Digital Playbook They Never Taught You
That’s exactly why I created this educational series. These articles do not only expose how the Internet is designed to control your online experiences. Most importantly, they will show you how to flip it to your advantage. Once you know how to play the game, internet manipulation tactics lose their hold on you. All you need to do is:
- Understand the tools, and they won’t use you.
- Recognize manipulation, and you won’t fall for it.
- Know how AI, tracking, and algorithms work and use them for your goals.
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