# a list of over 20,000 tech patents related to social analysis and manipulation
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-list-of-over-20-000-tech-patents-related-to-social-analysis-and-manipulation/638929
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**Created:** [November 10, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-list-of-over-20-000-tech-patents-related-to-social-analysis-and-manipulation/638929 "2018-11-10T09:33:27Z")
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### Author:  [@glassbeads](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glassbeads)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-list-of-over-20-000-tech-patents-related-to-social-analysis-and-manipulation/638929/1 "2018-11-10T09:33:27Z")
[https://www.sociality.today/](https://www.sociality.today/)
I don’t even really know how to comment on this. I guess just … wow!
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-list-of-over-20-000-tech-patents-related-to-social-analysis-and-manipulation/638929/2 "2018-11-10T13:31:35Z")
Which part are you wanting to comment on? The contents of the list, or the horrific presentation of it? :trout: Oooo my eyes!
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-list-of-over-20-000-tech-patents-related-to-social-analysis-and-manipulation/638929/3 "2018-11-10T18:52:02Z")
Hahaha! The presentation is jarring in a sharp 80’s kind of way.
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### Author:  [@glassbeads](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glassbeads)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-list-of-over-20-000-tech-patents-related-to-social-analysis-and-manipulation/638929/4 "2018-11-11T12:59:08Z")
I guess this article makes for a good follow-up to the initial post -\>
> **[We Need an FDA For Algorithms - Issue 66: Clockwork - Nautilus](http://nautil.us/issue/66/clockwork/we-need-an-fda-for-algorithms)**
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> In the introduction to her new book, Hannah Fry points out something interesting about the phrase “Hello World.” It’s never…
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-list-of-over-20-000-tech-patents-related-to-social-analysis-and-manipulation/638929/5 "2018-11-11T13:51:57Z")
I’m not sure there’s a good comparison to be made there - which is funny because literally the second question was “ **Why is the regulation of medicine an appropriate comparison?** ” Its not like we don’t already have regulation around this stuff - an example being the recent GDPR which has caused sweeping changes across most of the websites across the web. And I wouldn’t say the algorithms themselves are to blame. They’re only tools in a grander scheme of possible abuse.
Taking a different angle, you could consider the legitimacy of software patents which is another issue altogether. I have struggled with this one a little bit myself, having heard (and since forgotten) convincing arguments against them. But I guess when it comes down to it, since you can patent a recipe, why wouldn’t you be able to patent code? They’re effectively the same thing. Some software/tech/ui patents are pretty ridiculous though. The bar should be raised it nothing else.