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0:00:31 – 0:00:41 Hello and welcome to a new edition of the digression. My God, episode 66. What kind of
0:00:41 – 0:00:53 Fever dream. Okay, I'm Sascha Machmann and I'm going to talk to Frank every now and then
0:00:53 – 0:01:01 Never really stray from the subject. Yes, today's topic is
0:01:01 – 0:01:16 Reactions on the net. I have a full answering machine today with some calls
0:01:16 – 0:01:27 on the podcast number. There were also some messages via SMS and shows
0:01:27 – 0:01:37 Again, how parasocial connections work. For those who don't know what a parasocial
0:01:37 – 0:01:47 Connection is that it stops an imaginary friendship or imaginary relationship with a
0:01:47 – 0:01:56 People who are one-sided. Mostly from a content creator or influencer.
0:02:00 – 0:02:13 There is then a spectator or listener in our case and he has the feeling that there is a relationship.
0:02:13 – 0:02:20 And these are not just people who now somehow have a parasocial relationship with us,
0:02:20 – 0:02:28 But also to another content creator, which we have taken in the recent times often on the grain,
0:02:28 – 0:02:32 So in the Flattermann file, for example.
0:02:32 – 0:02:36 And they also make their opinion known.
0:02:36 – 0:02:40 That's right on YouTube.
0:02:40 – 0:02:45 There's a little something on Instagram, but not so much.
0:02:45 – 0:02:48 And it's really amazing.
0:02:48 – 0:02:55 So we had finished a podcast, which went online on Friday.
0:02:55 – 0:02:58 So in the night from Thursday to Friday.
0:02:58 – 0:03:02 It was really a wild ride.
0:03:02 – 0:03:04 Yes, yes.
0:03:04 – 0:03:18 I mean, interesting is also with the people, who all come from the side of the content creators, who have taken me there on the grain,
0:03:18 – 0:03:36 How many times have I had to explain what was scandalous about the events on October 19th?
0:03:36 – 0:03:42 Because there was the typical live show, which is always there on Sunday.
0:03:42 – 0:03:51 And pretty much at the beginning they had said that when we come over there to
0:03:51 – 0:03:56 Cleaning or something so that they put us there on the leg, that we overturn forward.
0:03:56 – 0:04:06 And a good bit later they had a statement, which I kept in the
0:04:06 – 0:04:15 Podcast episode had previously been thematized, taken out of context and then also wrong
0:04:15 – 0:04:22 Then he showed me his middle finger and pointed his mouth at me.
0:04:22 – 0:04:37 the "F" you and yes we had talked about it in a special edition of the file Flattermann
0:04:37 – 0:04:45 And that really made waves. We also had a super great guest. I hope
0:04:45 – 0:04:54 In the future, this will often be the case in the Flatterman file. The love Sabrina or better
0:04:54 – 0:05:02 It's known as trash time and we talked about it all. Other things too,
0:05:02 – 0:05:09 It was like that and a bit of nonsense. I mean, it has to be with
0:05:09 – 0:05:20 all the negatives you're talking about, all the destructive content,
0:05:20 – 0:05:32 which is produced there. I mean, if you have a severely disabled person who is often on a
0:05:32 – 0:05:39 wheelchair is instructed and otherwise moves in the apartment with a rollator that
0:05:39 – 0:05:47 has a severely disabled ID card, where it says that he is disabled, with a very high
0:05:47 – 0:05:58 degree, with 100 and he says that you want to put it on the leg, then it has already really
0:05:58 – 0:06:00 A really bad taste.
0:06:00 – 0:06:08 I mean, I can't help the fact that, like your wife wanted to show the dog, you just...
0:06:08 – 0:06:14 I saw that the apartment was uncluttered.
0:06:14 – 0:06:21 And then when you say, Frank, no, no, no, don't show that, or it'll come back
0:06:21 – 0:06:22 what.
0:06:22 – 0:06:28 And shortly thereafter, as she had said, yes, then we leave someone to clean
0:06:28 – 0:06:29 Come on, come on.
0:06:29 – 0:06:36 And your sentence was, I know, I want those from the junk box, but I'd put that on my leg
0:06:36 – 0:06:47 overturn it forward. This is so wicked and so wicked and so inhumane.
0:06:47 – 0:06:54 and for someone who writes himself on the cap that he is an empathic journalist,
0:06:54 – 0:07:05 I really wonder how broken the settings are, that the fine-tuning
0:07:05 – 0:07:15 in the system, in the cerebral cortex, that one has such a self-perception of oneself when one acts in this way.
0:07:15 – 0:07:22 I mean, it just shows me that what we're doing, and that's actually analytical,
0:07:22 – 0:07:34 To revise the content, that's the damn trigger. And then a little
0:07:34 – 0:07:44 Threatening a lawyer while you're in bankruptcy? Yeah, you gotta take me with you
0:07:44 – 0:07:54 declare the garnishment allowance. Sorry if you have to pay in advance every time and that you
0:07:54 – 0:08:02 It can cost 1,500 euros. You have to explain that to me. Yeah, what else is there? Oh yeah,
0:08:02 – 0:08:12 Yes, the stink finger and the F-word. Yes, this is also such a sign that it triggers hard.
0:08:12 – 0:08:23 If you are already researching that there is a statement that the viewers at a
0:08:23 – 0:08:36 Mourning livestream between 7 and 9 must be at home or retired and then interpret me,
0:08:36 – 0:08:43 I would have said they were unemployed just to stand up as victims of bullying, then that's
0:08:43 – 0:08:54 Poor too. Because the statement "this must be someone who is at home" is not
0:08:54 – 0:08:59 Same with someone who is unemployed. There are many ways why
0:08:59 – 0:09:04 Someone's at home. He works in the home office, he has a
0:09:04 – 0:09:09 Sick leave, as some of your viewers have written to me, that
0:09:09 – 0:09:13 They felt very well conversed and were on the sick leave.
0:09:13 – 0:09:21 Yes, I don't want to sulphurize about all the possibilities here now, because that
0:09:21 – 0:09:23 would not lead to such a result.
0:09:23 – 0:09:33 But there's a difference between being viciously accused of saying they're unemployed.
0:09:33 – 0:09:42 It's a classification, or it's people who are at home.
0:09:42 – 0:09:44 For whatever reason.
0:09:44 – 0:09:51 I can understand when you say, as I said, that you're not doing well.
0:09:51 – 0:09:54 I felt entertained because it was boring.
0:09:54 – 0:10:00 Because if you do a morning show every day and then you don't have anything to tell,
0:10:00 – 0:10:06 what you've been doing all this time and then starting out of sheer despair
0:10:06 – 0:10:10 watching any documentary with a woman,
0:10:10 – 0:10:16 This is boring for some, but not boring for others.
0:10:16 – 0:10:22 And that's why you have to show the stink finger, because you supposedly insulted the viewers
0:10:22 – 0:10:26 and you must jump into the breach as the savior of the spectators,
0:10:26 – 0:10:30 To defend the honor of the spectators.
0:10:30 – 0:10:35 In the end, it just shows me that you're really hard-triggered.
0:10:35 – 0:10:38 I know you're listening to all the shit I'm doing here.
0:10:38 – 0:10:41 And that's perfectly okay, too.
0:10:41 – 0:10:43 I'm not looking at all your shit.
0:10:43 – 0:10:47 I wrote a script that loads the thing
0:10:47 – 0:10:48 Down with you.
0:10:48 – 0:10:52 YouTube has an RSS feed, many people don't know that.
0:10:52 – 0:10:54 If you post something, zack,
0:10:54 – 0:10:55 shortly thereafter
0:10:55 – 0:10:57 I have the video file.
0:10:57 – 0:10:59 By the way, that doesn't give you a click
0:10:59 – 0:11:02 No advertising revenue either.
0:11:02 – 0:11:04 If there is no script,
0:11:04 – 0:11:10 I use that. Otherwise, my script will do it automatically, then it will
0:11:10 – 0:11:17 I also wrote it and about an hour later I did it.
0:11:17 – 0:11:22 transcript. After that, this is done via API, which is a
0:11:22 – 0:11:28 programmed interface, the transcript with instructions to chat GPT
0:11:28 – 0:11:32 They are sent and there are a few operations carried out.
0:11:32 – 0:11:37 Let's see where there is controversy. It searches for keywords.
0:11:37 – 0:11:46 Scrap chest, junk radio and a few others. Then there will be a
0:11:46 – 0:11:52 Text generated with a summary. Controversy over whether these words occur.
0:11:52 – 0:11:58 Then there are site marks. After that, these site brands go back again
0:11:58 – 0:12:02 On the video file, there chapter marks are then integrated.
0:12:02 – 0:12:06 And if I didn't understand something from the transcript,
0:12:06 – 0:12:10 because if you do this with your wife, the show or something, or with guests,
0:12:10 – 0:12:14 And sometimes you speak to them.
0:12:14 – 0:12:18 this is not transcribed as neatly as if one had individual traces.
0:12:18 – 0:12:22 Yes, then I look at exactly these places.
0:12:22 – 0:12:26 But on my local file.
0:12:26 – 0:12:33 So I have everything that a Mr Butterman has produced lately,
0:12:33 – 0:12:39 with me on the local NAS system.
0:12:39 – 0:12:48 Well, with text files, where the script is in, where the controversies are,
0:12:48 – 0:12:50 It's all in the database,
0:12:50 – 0:12:56 I can just search it with search terms.
0:12:56 – 0:13:04 If necessary, I can also pack all the stuff via API to Chat-GBT and then I can search there.
0:13:04 – 0:13:13 My God, no, computer science is awesome. Well, once you've learned all this shit,
0:13:13 – 0:13:22 Then you can use it too. Yes, as you can see, I don't make myself such a big
0:13:22 – 0:13:33 Effort, because I am actually severely disabled and in need of care. I have until a year and a half ago
0:13:33 – 0:13:40 I had 4 years of nursing. I still lacked four points, then I would have had nursing grade 5. In order to:
0:13:40 – 0:13:47 Let's talk about what a 5th grade is. Care level 5 is almost like care level 4,
0:13:47 – 0:13:56 Only the hardship situation. It's pretty expensive, so you get most of the time.
0:13:56 – 0:14:06 Work in nursing. Normally people who are just sombre get it, people who are sombre.
0:14:06 – 0:14:14 They are comatose. With me this has many factors, because you can also have many in different areas
0:14:14 – 0:14:23 Bid points are awarded during the evaluation. And now I have a level of care 3,
0:14:23 – 0:14:32 I don't make a secret of it and I missed about 8-9 points, I know
0:14:32 – 0:14:38 Not exactly, I think 9 points for the level of care 4. So I'm also very
0:14:38 – 0:14:50 Very high and care intensive. This means that I have several people with me several times a day.
0:14:50 – 0:14:57 the apartment and if my partner Sarah, I also wrote this podcast series "Akta Flattermann"
0:14:57 – 0:15:07 make or rectal-digital or blunt, then either she's working or she's home
0:15:07 – 0:15:14 And she also has to do a lot. From the nursing fund something like this is of a contingent
0:15:14 – 0:15:21 That's 60 hours a week. That means the time she doesn't work or
0:15:21 – 0:15:27 on the temple, is then just full pot on it for nursing activities. So you can
0:15:27 – 0:15:36 Imagine, I'm a mixture between apple compote, slightly moldy vegetables and
0:15:36 – 0:15:45 And a mummy that is so lazy and so flips over to illustrate this now.
0:15:45 – 0:15:59 And yes, just because I sit in front of the computer for a few hours a day, sometimes in bed,
0:15:59 – 0:16:12 At my desk and there my podcasts are producing, you assume that you are the victim of bullying.
0:16:12 – 0:16:23 I am an observer. I see things. I haven't had another stroke for nothing.
0:16:23 – 0:16:28 started to study, which is not so easy if you just keep the house under
0:16:28 – 0:16:39 It can leave the greatest effort. This all took place remotely, i.e. via videocalls,
0:16:39 – 0:16:47 via livestream. And I am so grateful that the U-University in Bochum is so modern.
0:16:47 – 0:16:53 I was told that I could do that. And also that I keep my exams at home
0:16:53 – 0:17:02 He was able to do what was, of course, real.
0:17:02 – 0:17:07 Struggle was, because if no one time
0:17:07 – 0:17:11 had to supervise me while
0:17:11 – 0:17:14 the exam, yes then I had to
0:17:14 – 0:17:18 Write it down, which is real.
0:17:18 – 0:17:23 It's shit. Well, what not to do everything
0:17:18 – 0:17:27 for a reasonable conclusion. What did I mean by that? Love Frank is Going
0:17:27 – 0:17:34 And look at everything from the people who criticize him, with whom he has a problem.
0:17:34 – 0:17:45 He chases people everywhere and the others don't. Either it will be delivered to you,
0:17:45 – 0:17:55 Something controversy has happened or they are not interested in it. This is
0:17:55 – 0:18:04 It's one of those things that's actually incredible. People are interested
0:18:04 – 0:18:15 Sometimes not at all for it. And I have a postbox on Instagram and an email tray,
0:18:15 – 0:18:23 what is regularly filled by people who tell me that this has happened, that has happened,
0:18:23 – 0:18:30 There came this statement and so on. You don't have to do that because if
0:18:30 – 0:18:37 If that's so bad, then check it out. And people even give you the time stamps,
0:18:37 – 0:18:47 You don't even have to look at the whole thing. Yes, other people have a life. Good, my life
0:18:47 – 0:18:58 It's on a low level, but I really don't understand your life, Frank. Yeah, well, now talk
0:18:58 – 0:19:09 I've been here for almost 20 minutes and I'm a little bit shy. I find it absolutely violent
0:19:09 – 0:19:15 and I've been since, a week ago it was like, I'm recording this all here on Saturday,
0:19:15 – 0:19:25 I'm still shocked at how much you let yourself be carried away by how much Frank
0:19:25 – 0:19:35 I was thrilled to make this statement and especially the one with the middle finger.
0:19:35 – 0:19:42 It's unbelievable, and I'm not shocked by it, either.
0:19:42 – 0:19:51 It's fascinating to me how loyal the viewers are and when I look at the profile names
0:19:51 – 0:20:00 Look, these are all names that people of older semesters wear, because when
0:20:00 – 0:20:05 If they were younger, they would have different names. Maybe you can still remember,
0:20:05 – 0:20:11 I also come from the care of the elderly. After my computer science studies, I took care of the elderly
0:20:11 – 0:20:31 And that's why I know these names. I know that an Anita is an older name and the 60-year-old has a lot and other names.
0:20:31 – 0:20:40 That's the way it is. Names always have a certain fashion and some fashion names appear more often.
0:20:40 – 0:20:46 There are a lot of Saschas in 1977. I can still remember a summer vacation,
0:20:46 – 0:20:52 where we were twelve Saschas on the campsite and we were all about an age.
0:20:52 – 0:21:02 Yeah, that's it. Either you're super exotic about the name, or you just have a fashion name.
0:21:02 – 0:21:13 Well, but so much for that. I don't even know what the recording is, because it's already
0:21:13 – 0:21:23 So much has been said and so much written. The comments I've been getting since Friday,
0:21:23 – 0:21:34 They're so violent. It's so much and you've noticed right when there are meal times. me
0:21:34 – 0:21:43 I have to get this out of the database on YouTube and then have a look. So felt
0:21:43 – 0:21:49 You have seen that at certain times there were almost no comments.
0:21:49 – 0:22:00 and then again. Yes, it's just interesting and even if I worked in alpine care
0:22:00 – 0:22:07 data analysis is something that I still enjoy and also write programs and
0:22:07 – 0:22:16 Scripts that then go through something automatically. And if you ask yourself now, yes, how can you do this, that you do everything at home, such
0:22:16 – 0:22:31 complex tasks, such as turning a video into text. There are several servers in this apartment. Well, there are no high-performance things. They are rather so
0:22:31 – 0:22:38 comparable to a totally exaggerated home PC that is on steroids and maybe
0:22:38 – 0:22:42 He has swallowed a bit of anabolic steroids and throws a bit of Ritalin every now and then.
0:22:42 – 0:22:51 There are graphics cards in there and if you don't put Windows on it, but a server operating system
0:22:51 – 0:22:58 as in Linux, then you can link these graphics cards together and then stop them for
0:22:58 – 0:23:04 Use common tasks. And if you have such a network of graphics cards,
0:23:04 – 0:23:11 You can go to one part to let it run, to the other part to let it run,
0:23:11 – 0:23:21 Processes can be parallelized. There are numerical processor units. That was
0:23:21 – 0:23:28 It used to be totally exotic. You can get it today for 20 euros on AliExpress.
0:23:28 – 0:23:37 These are then small cards, which then stop a PCI Express lane, which is now highly technical,
0:23:37 – 0:23:45 but a very narrow data bus only need to stop at a high-performance numeric or
0:23:45 – 0:23:53 Neural CPU access that can be specifically trained to perform certain tasks. And
0:23:53 – 0:24:01 if you build a cluster from it, because you can also use 16 PCI lanes for a graphics card
0:24:01 – 0:24:06 pull out of the PC, then you can put 16 pieces from there on it and then you have one right
0:24:06 – 0:24:14 Great computing power. And this can be used for such tasks, to stop a video to text
0:24:14 – 0:24:21 transform or to perform analyses with a smaller model. It doesn't have to be that way now
0:24:21 – 0:24:27 be a super big model like ShedGBT, but something smaller, which is just at home
0:24:27 – 0:24:38 It can run on 64 gigabytes of memory or video memory or something. Yes, you can see,
0:24:38 – 0:24:43 I am there in the matter and I develop there also in places nicely in front of me.
0:24:43 – 0:24:50 Then even if I'm bedridden every now and then because I just can't stand,
0:24:50 – 0:25:02 then yes, then I lie in bed, have a laptop and develop my software, which I need so,
0:25:02 – 0:25:11 My applications. Why did that shock me so much now?
0:25:11 – 0:25:16 The statement with them, there I put the leg and that should tilt forward.
0:25:16 – 0:25:21 I had shared this little story of how I lay on the ground on Father's Day,
0:25:21 – 0:25:26 He sat on the bed and couldn't get up after the muscle was torn.
0:25:26 – 0:25:35 So for those of you who are familiar with it, this is the Magnus muscle.
0:25:35 – 0:25:45 And this is an important muscle in the inside of the thighs, which is needed when getting up from a sitting position.
0:25:45 – 0:25:52 And he was cunning and I couldn't get up because it hurts a lot.
0:25:52 – 0:26:03 And after sitting there for two hours, Sarah said,
0:26:03 – 0:26:07 Let's do the job in an ambulance.
0:26:07 – 0:26:11 And then you need a lot of manpower,
0:26:11 – 0:26:13 To get me to the hospital.
0:26:13 – 0:26:16 And you also need just as much manpower,
0:26:16 – 0:26:18 So I can get back from the hospital.
0:26:18 – 0:26:24 And imagine if I stop in Frank's apartment
0:26:24 – 0:26:26 overturn to the front,
0:26:26 – 0:26:30 First, where I fall,
0:26:31 – 0:26:34 There is no longer an object to be healed.
0:26:34 – 0:26:36 And on the other hand,
0:26:36 – 0:26:40 I'll lie there and then I'll stay there.
0:26:40 – 0:26:42 Until someday stop
0:26:42 – 0:26:45 A few strong firefighters
0:26:45 – 0:26:47 or from THW or something
0:26:47 – 0:26:50 Come and help me.
0:26:50 – 0:26:51 Yes, yes.
0:26:51 – 0:26:53 I mean,
0:26:53 – 0:26:57 You see everything, you read everything,
0:26:57 – 0:27:01 You searched my blog from front to back.
0:27:01 – 0:27:11 Everything is black on white. Since I've talked about it, I'd still have the over 200 videos
0:27:11 – 0:27:20 online. I would have told you in the face how broken, how sick I am. You must have known that
0:27:20 – 0:27:29 You have and you have let yourself be carried away to do so. Oh, yeah, a fucking broken world.
0:27:29 – 0:27:39 It's almost 30 minutes now. Nobody hears that anyway. If you hear that
0:27:39 – 0:27:47 In the comments, writes "Endoplasmic Reticulum". Okay,
0:27:47 – 0:27:55 If you liked this one, which I really don't expect, write a comment.
0:27:55 – 0:28:03 liked, gives a star rating for this episode, for this issue, for the entire podcast.
0:28:03 – 0:28:10 If you do it on YouTube, you can also hyp it. My God, this is the last video.
0:28:10 – 0:28:21 He's been hyped. I believe nearly 200,000 hype points after a day. It's ridiculous, ridiculous. Yes,
0:28:21 – 0:28:30 Yeah, and I'd love to hear about it again next time.
0:28:30 – 0:28:40 And nice greetings to Frank Star, who makes a great podcast series and who has very great formats.
0:28:40 – 0:28:43 Goodbye, Sasha.
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In episode 066 of the divergence It's about reactions on the web – and what they reveal about people.
Sascha talks about Parasocial relations, triggered content creator and how quickly criticism is confused with attack.
In doing so, he tells openly how he technically implements his analyses: with transcripts, scripts and databases – not out of hatred, but out of interest in structures.
An insight into digital dynamics, hurt egos and what remains when empathy is only claimed.

Thematic breakdown

1. Introduction & Context

Welcome, short review of the previous episode
Why this episode is called "Fiebertraum"
Overview of reactions to the ‘Flattermann file’ special issue

2. Parasocial Relationships Explained

What are parasocial connections?
Why they arise especially in content-creator cultures
Difference Between Audience Engagement and Real Relationship
Psychological effects on both sides

3. Escalation on the Net

Reactions, comments, insults – what happened after the last episode
Typical trigger mechanisms and indignation spirals
Example: Reactions from the ‘Flattermann’ community
How quickly criticism is perceived as a personal attack

4. The incident: Insults and border crossings

Quotations and summary of the said statements (‘putting on the leg’, ‘middle finger’)
Why These Formulations Are Inhuman
Empathy vs. self-expression: the false self-image of some creators
Limits of humour and responsibility on the net