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"I just despise this sort of self-surveilling, especially because we were not doing anything of note. It makes for a more inhibited, neurotic culture. I can't imagine really acting goofy or making a fool of myself, because every time you do there is someone quickly there to capture it in high resolut"
"I understand people use these for safety and other conveniences but it just feels like another extension of the panopticon. I'm also tired of seeing TikToks where people going through mental health crises and whatnot somehow deserve humiliation and dragging on a mass scale."
"I hate the little notifications. The panopticon forcing me to respond at any time of the day. And if I don't I'll forgot about it and do it later."
"The panopticon, that is teams statuses, traps you into mindlessly scrolling all day because you can't really do anything else that requires full concentration. The worst part is that your brain is so fried after scrolling all day that you have no energy to do anything after work"
"being chronically online has worsened my self-consciousness and OCD obsessions to an intolerable extreme that has made me into a hikkikomori/femcel. i see all these posts about people online - 'i went on a date with this girl and she was so weird because she did x and y' 'look at this loser haha [vi"
"I absolutely hate the feeling of being constantly surveilled or worse, being subjected to a constant fear of getting caught slacking... The panopticon isn't just the CEO's private cabin. It's everything and everyone."
"has anyone else noticed that with the rise of hybrid working and hot-desking that there is zero privacy in offices any more?? All open desks, glass walled meeting rooms and beanbags - I'd fucking kill to have my own office cubicle where I'm not being constantly watched by every other employee + my b"
"I've posted this observation in a different associated threat, but just got bewildered trying to comprehend the architecture of the panopticon that some communities willingly develop for themselves."
"Yeah its this concept that the French philosopher Foucault came up with. He took it from some guy named Bentham. Basically it's a circular prison where one guard can watch all the prisoners from a central tower, and the prisoners can't tell they are being watched."
"Basically it's a circular prison where one guard can watch all the prisoners from a central tower, and the prisoners can't tell they are being watched. The criminals act all nice because they never know when they are being surveilled."