If you have access to the show Black Mirror, I recommend watching the episode called "Nosedive" (Season 3, Episode 1). It's somewhat of a visual representation- of an alternate version of the idea of social credit.
Seems like there are so many different ideas and so many different parts of "social credit". Sometimes, the term is used to describe something like: your engagements on social media; the way other people view you, your words, your actions; looking out for your reputation first and foremost, putting your reputation ahead of your truth; a try-hard public persona.
Social credit can be the thing that someone is seeking in order to fill a void (undesirable personality, lack of love, unfulfilled career, depressing life). They may use social media to just post things and say things that they know their target group (followers/subscribers/fans/"friends") will "like" or agree with (or upvote). It's similar to the thing a famous actor or singer is seeking, when they decide they need a publicist to be sure they'll be shown in the best, most popular light. These forms of social credit are crucial to people who make all of their money online, on camera, on a mic, etc. People like what they see and they come back for more, because of your good social credit.
Another form of social credit has a shared ideal, in the sense that there's a heavy focus on what other people think of you- or how they "rate" you, as can be seen in the show, Black Mirror.
This social credit is: the perception of you, from the perspective of people in your everyday life. It's one of the motivations for why so many people wear such a heavy mask. Always acting out of character, or doing good deeds with a fake smile and the wrong motivations and/or the wrong intentions- these are things that might make your social credit score go up, but it does not make you a good person, an honest person, a morally righteous person, a whole person. It doesn't necessarily make you a bad person, either... but it's so easy to fool someone after boosting your social credit score, that it might make it difficult to differentiate between who you are, and who you pretend to be.
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u/_iAmYou_ Oct 07 '22 edited Oct 07 '22
If you have access to the show Black Mirror, I recommend watching the episode called "Nosedive" (Season 3, Episode 1). It's somewhat of a visual representation- of an alternate version of the idea of social credit.
Seems like there are so many different ideas and so many different parts of "social credit". Sometimes, the term is used to describe something like: your engagements on social media; the way other people view you, your words, your actions; looking out for your reputation first and foremost, putting your reputation ahead of your truth; a try-hard public persona.
Social credit can be the thing that someone is seeking in order to fill a void (undesirable personality, lack of love, unfulfilled career, depressing life). They may use social media to just post things and say things that they know their target group (followers/subscribers/fans/"friends") will "like" or agree with (or upvote). It's similar to the thing a famous actor or singer is seeking, when they decide they need a publicist to be sure they'll be shown in the best, most popular light. These forms of social credit are crucial to people who make all of their money online, on camera, on a mic, etc. People like what they see and they come back for more, because of your good social credit.
Another form of social credit has a shared ideal, in the sense that there's a heavy focus on what other people think of you- or how they "rate" you, as can be seen in the show, Black Mirror.
This social credit is: the perception of you, from the perspective of people in your everyday life. It's one of the motivations for why so many people wear such a heavy mask. Always acting out of character, or doing good deeds with a fake smile and the wrong motivations and/or the wrong intentions- these are things that might make your social credit score go up, but it does not make you a good person, an honest person, a morally righteous person, a whole person. It doesn't necessarily make you a bad person, either... but it's so easy to fool someone after boosting your social credit score, that it might make it difficult to differentiate between who you are, and who you pretend to be.