Perhaps by those around you, by your company, by your community, by society, by a government, by your Lemmy instance,… It doesn’t matter.

Please describe your experiences below. (no judgment) 😎

  • kava@lemmy.world
    131·
    11 months ago

    We are all manipulates by our governments and companies trying to sell us things. On a smaller scale we are manipulated by the people in our lives. Even non-maliciously. Persuasion is a normal part of life.

    • average650@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Sure, but usually the term manipulation has a negative connotation.

      In a sense, when my kid asks for fruit, they are manipulating me. But that’s not what anyone means. They mean a kind of devious persuasion.

  • t0fr@lemmy.ca
    11·
    11 months ago

    Advertising + Marketing + Influencers

    I just try to avoid them all as much as possible because they foul my mood

    • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      I dont watch or listen to commercials, and Ive had ad blockers in some form since the early 00s even if it was just a custom hosts file.

      I wont watch regular tv with commercials and more than half the time will turn off youtube if watching thru a smart tv if they dont allow the ad skip. If Netflix had no ad tier, I’d have no Netflix.

  • kucuva@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    Manipulation is cooked into the culture where I live. Sometimes it makes me mad, sometimes it disgusts me, but I’ve had to deal with it more often than I’d like.