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              1. …in reply to @swodinsky
                swodinsky It gets even worse as OOH leaks digital advertising out into the real world and all its problems and incentives start becoming baked into physical reality. I've been thinking about this a lot recently in part because Shadow Kitchens have come to LIC and it's sort of wild...
            1. …in reply to @Chronotope
              swodinsky Not only is every food truck now a delivery hub, but every Bodega is three+ restaurants in the various delivery services and I've seen a trailer that sits in an empty parking lot every day with an outdoor portable toilet next to it, and it is also at least 3 restaurants.
          1. …in reply to @Chronotope
            swodinsky All these things are coming out of a need to optimize "interfaces" with the users of delivery services in the form of highly specific "restaurants" in another algorithmic problem with unintended side effects. It's about how they advertise on the services and to whom...
        1. …in reply to @Chronotope
          swodinsky So not only does this create worse conditions for labor out in the world, but it's changing my behavior as well. When the pandemic started a lot of places widened their delivery radius so I got to try food from Little Egypt or the award winning Indian place in Jackson Heights...
      1. …in reply to @Chronotope
        swodinsky I like trying new things normally, but now that I've realized what's going on I'm super hesitant to do so. I don't want to buy anything from a shadow kitchen, I'm checking locations and where normally I'd enjoy trying out a place few people have rated, now I hesitate...
    1. …in reply to @Chronotope
      swodinsky I wish about ordering from a place that is one thing but represents itself as another, and even that is stupid (when I go walking I'm seeing that pop up restaurant that uses to be at fleas or bars are now operating at Bodegas) but it's hard not to...
  1. …in reply to @Chronotope
    swodinsky *worry


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