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>>rapnie+(OP)
I'd be interested in figuring out how I can use this to my advantage. For example, create a persona online that is optimal to lenders, employers and even the government.

The issue is my "real self" is uninterested in participating in these networks, even if to create a fake persona.

Maybe it could be automated, or outsourced?

>>josefr+qg
I don't think that would really fly. You may get served a higher class of ads, but if you go apply for a loan or a job, you still have to disclose your real self.

>>tootie+Di
Yes but that's just the thing: OP wants to create their "real" self, just not the authentic self. It becomes real, by association with the name of the person, yet it stays a simulated expression, a simulacrum[0].

Consider that the loan- or job-"machines" are collecting intelligence from social networks to evaluate the person -- in addition to loan history and previous job performance. Now if you can present "yourself" to this machines in a conformal way, you don't need to fear negative repercussions on shitposts you did. While you can still be authentic in private or under pseudonyms.

Of course, you will still get categorized by the bank transactions you make in your real name. Same goes for your performance reviews on previous jobs. It is just a matter of tricking these other forms of automated social control into a higher rating bound to your name.

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I find it fascinating that philosophers like Baudrillard and Deleuze were able to think and warn about these issues more than 40 years ago when none of this was even remotely on the horizon:

See also Deleuzes "Societies of Control":

https://cidadeinseguranca.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/deleuz...

and:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337844512_Societies...

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacrum

>>maze-l+5t
Thank you for posting this, saves me the trouble :-)

I re-read Deleuze's three-page paper every year. It really describes things well.