Social Media

Digital Behavioral Taxonomy

The Taxonomy of
Social Media Evils

A comprehensive breakdown of the psychological traps, manipulative tactics, and systemic distortions prevalent in modern digital platforms.

1. Posting Content

Attention & Outrage Tactics

Outrage baiting Envy baiting Clout chasing Clickbaits Edgelording Hottakes Shitposting Thirst trap

Moral & Social Posturing

Virtue signaling Woke posturing Tribal signaling

Value & Authenticity Traps

Metricization of worth Authenticity paradox Influencer paradox

2. Comment Sections

Mob Mentality & Punishment

Dog piling Digital mobbing Cancel culture Ratio Character assassination

Bad Faith Tactics

Trolling Sealioning Gadfly Victim blaming Gatekeeping

3. Consuming Feeds

Systemic & Algorithmic Deception

Algorithm echochamber Enshittification Astroturfing Sock puppetry

Cognitive Toll & Distortion

Doom scrolling Brain rot Hypernormalisation of extreme emotions Cognitive offloading

Parasocial & Ideological Shifts

Parasocial relationship Podcaster Paradox Ethical (norm drift) Surveillance reciprocity

4. Direct Messages

Emotional Manipulation

Gaslighting Love bombing Guilt trip Emotional blackmail Victim complex Blame shifting Triangulation

Stringing Along & Withdrawal

Breadcrumbing Future faking Stonewalling Silent treatment Negging

Severe Identity Threats

Catfishing Stalking Doxing

Designed for awareness and critical digital literacy.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Anxiety Cheat Sheet

Anxiety Cheat Sheet Anxiety Cheat Sheet I. Anxiety External Reasons Trauma Acute Trauma : Sudden, intense distress from a single event. Example: Experiencing a car accident. Chronic Trauma : Ongoing exposure to distressing situations. Example: Growing up in an abusive household. Complex Trauma : Multiple, varied traumatic events over time. Example: Enduring repeated bullying at school and neglect at home. Overthinking Future Tripping : Exc...
Read more

Types of Thought Experiments

Philosophical Blog Post Exploring Philosophical Thought Experiments Themes Aesthetics Authenticity vs cultural amalgamation Temporary beauty vs lasting permanence High pleasure vs low pleasure Art as intentional creation vs random natural occurrences Counterargument to expressive theory: art isn't just intentional expression of examined clarified emotions. Politics and Social Utilitarian guilt ridden action vs moral inaction. Utility monster: Utilitarianism exploited as hedonistic endeavors. Tragedy of the commons: shared resources overused. Ownership vs labor rights and their conflicts. Radical translation: challenges in interpreting languages and meaning. Lifeboat thought experiment: harsh limit of resource sharing. Fair inequality: better than...
Read more

99 Eponymous Laws

Cognitive Biases and Laws 99 Eponymous Laws List of Cognitive Biases and Laws Maslow hammer: a cognitive bias that involves an over-reliance on a familiar tool . Murphy Law (Finagle Law, Sod Law): Anything that can go wrong will go wrong . Parkinson's Law: The demand upon a resource tends to expand to match the supply of the resource (If the price is zero). Sturgeon Law: asserts that 90% of everything is crud. Occam Razor: states that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. Hanlon Razor: suggests that one should not attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence. Pareto Principle: also known as the 80/20 rule, states that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Peter principal: states that employees tend to rise to their level of incompetence within an organizational hierarc...
Read more