It is a Sunday afternoon, and your friends have been urging you for many months now to create a Twinebook account, some social media site that everyone’s using. After much hesitation you have made a decision to make the account.
(set: $i to 0)(set: $j to 0)(set: $k to 0)(set: $l to 0)
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[[Go to Twinebook.com]]
Welcome to Twinebook! A site to connect with your friends!
[[Signup]]
(put: (prompt: "What's your name?") into $name)
(put: (prompt: "Age?") into $age)
Hey $name! Welcome to Twinebook! You can visit your profile page to update your interests or browse through [[pages]] and like whatever you find interesting.
You decide to like your favorite page:
Ice Cream (link: "[Like]")[(set: $like to "Ice Cream")(goto: "Chat")]
Disney Princesses (link: "[Like]")[(set: $like to "Disney Princess")(goto: "Chat")]
Backstreet Boys (link: "[Like]")[(set: $like to "Backstreet Boy")(goto: "Chat")]
(if: $i is 0)[You stare aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: your sister’s engagement pictures, your friend’s selfies from her trip to an amusement park, that anarchist rant by your best friend, a Buzzfeed quiz on which $like you are.](elseif: $i is 1)[After $i hour, you are still staring aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: your sister’s engagement pictures, your friend’s selfies from her trip to an amusement park, that anarchist rant by your best friend, a Buzzfeed quiz on which $like you are.](else:)[After $i hours, you are still staring aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: your sister’s engagement pictures, your friend’s selfies from her trip to an amusement park, that anarchist rant by your best friend, a Buzzfeed quiz on which $like you are.]
(set: $i=$i+1)
[[Take the quiz!]]
(link: "Keep using Twinebook")[(goto: "Buzzfeed")]
While you’re aimlessly scrolling through TwineBook and liking pages, a message pops up from your friend.
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[[Answer your friend]]
Want to go out somewhere later? I’m thinking these two places; you choose one:
(link: "Ice Cream Parlour. I love vanilla ice cream!")[(set: $Food to "Ice Cream Parlour")(set: $fav to "Vanilla ice cream")(goto: "Buzzfeed")]
(link: "Veggie Galaxy. I love the chickpea sandwich!")[(set: $Food to "Veggie Galaxy")(set: $fav to "Chickpea sandwich")(goto: "Buzzfeed")]
What color describes you best?
(link: "Blue")[(set: $color to "blue")(goto: "Quiz 2")]
(link: "Red")[(set: $color to "red")(goto: "Quiz 2")]
(link: "Green")[(set: $color to "green")(goto: "Quiz 2")]
(link: "Yellow")[(set: $color to "yellow")(goto: "Quiz 2")]
What is your favorite season?
(link: "Summer")[(goto: "Final Quiz")]
(link: "Spring")[(goto: "Final Quiz")]
(link: "Fall")[(goto: "Final Quiz")]
(link: "Winter")[(goto: "Final Quiz")]
Congratulations! Your ideal $like is:
(if: $like is "Ice Cream" )[(either: "Vanilla","Chocolate","Raspberry")](elseif: $like is "Disney Princess")[(either: "Jasmine","Cinderella","Mulan")](elseif: $like is "Backstreet Boy")[(either: "Nick","Kevin","A.J.","Brian")]
(link: "Retake the quiz!")[(goto: "Take the quiz!")]
[[Keep using Twinebook]]
(if: $j is 0)[You have learnt the latest gossip about new and past relationships, your friends and the newest cat videos.](elseif: $j is 1)[$j hour later, you are still learning about the latest gossip about new and past relationships, your friends and the newest cat videos.](else:)[$j hours later, you are still learning about the latest gossip about new and past relationships, your friends and the newest cat videos.]
(set: $j=$j+1)
(link: "Keep using Twinebook")[(goto: "Keep using Twinebook")]
(link: "Logout")[(goto: "Logout")]
After a day, you decide to return to Twinebook. When you open Twinebook, it sends you a notification, updating you about their privacy policy
[[blah blah blah, click yes]]
[[Read it]]
You stare aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: an ad pops up for $Food. It slightly bothers you because you recall private messaging with your friend about this. You wonder if Twinebook is monitoring your messages now. Do you:
(link: "Brush off this strange feeling and keep using Twinebook")[(goto: "Generic Twinebook")]
(link: "Take a break from it for today by logging out")[(goto: "Location")]
Corporations are allowed to collect data that you post on their websites without explicit permission. Information they gain may be used for marketing purposes and other data analyses.
(link: "Well, this is creepy")[(goto: "blah blah blah, click yes")]
(link: "Okay, this will give me ads that I enjoy looking at")[(goto: "blah blah blah, click yes")]
(if: $k is 0)[You stare aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: your sister’s engagement pictures, your friend’s selfies from her trip to an amusement park, that anarchist rant by your best friend.](elseif: $k is 1)[$k hour later, you still stare aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: your sister’s engagement pictures, your friend’s selfies from her trip to an amusement park, that anarchist rant by your best friend.](else:)[$k hours later, you still stare aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: your sister’s engagement pictures, your friend’s selfies from her trip to an amusement park, that anarchist rant by your best friend.]
(set: $k=$k+1)
(link: "Log out of Twinebook")[(goto: "Location")]
(link: "Keep using Twinebook")[(goto: "Generic Twinebook")]
It is Friday night, and you have no plans for the night. Your best friend bailed on the movie night, so you just decide to stay in and enjoy some alone time. While eating ice cream, you log onto Twinebook and scroll through the newsfeed.
Twinebook asks you if it can access your location, and you click Yes on accident, even when you meant to click No. You try to fix this by going into settings, but after a few minutes you cannot find the option. Do you:
(link: "Think it is not a big deal and continue scrolling through Twinebook")[(goto: "Flyer")]
(link: "Keep trying (and failing) to disable the option and then give up")[(goto: "Flyer")]
(link: "Log out of Twinebook out of annoyance and just start Netflixing")[(goto: "Flyer")]
About a week later, you check your mailbox and find a flyer on (if: $like is "Ice Cream" )[a new ice cream place](elseif: $like is "Disney Princess")[a new Disney princess movie](elseif: $like is "Backstreet Boy")[Backstreet Boys special edition album]. The flyer is a beautiful color of $color.
(if: $like is "Ice Cream")[(link: "Great! I love ice cream. But how did they know I live here?")[(goto: "Coming to your door")]](elseif: $like is "Disney Princess")[(link: "Great! I love Disney princesses. But how did they know I live here?")[(goto: "Coming to your door")]](elseif: $like is "Backstreet Boy")[(link: "Great! I love Backstreet Boys. But how did they know I live here?")[(goto: "Coming to your door")]]
(if: $like is "Ice Cream")[(link: "You've been so busy you haven't gotten ice cream in a while, so you are not sure how the flyer got sent to your location")[(goto: "Coming to your door")]](elseif: $like is "Disney Princess")[(link: "You haven’t bought a Disney princesses movie in quite a while, so you are not sure how the flyer got sent to your location")[(goto: "Coming to your door")]](elseif: $like is "Backstreet Boy")[(link: "You haven’t bought a Backstreet Boys album or songs in over ten years, so you are not sure how the flyer got sent to your location")[(goto: "Coming to your door")]]
It’s a lazy Saturday day, and you’ve just knocking out errands off your list of chores. Now, you have a bit of time to relax
[[Log on to Twinebook]]
[[Maybe later.]]
You stare aimlessly as your newsfeed scrolls: your sister’s engagement pictures, your friend’s selfies from her trip to an amusement park, that anarchist rant by your best friend, a buzzfeed quiz on which $like you’d be best suited with, and an ad for a sale.
Suddenly, your doorbell rings:
[[Answer the door]]
[[Yell: Moooooooom!]]
(if: $l is 0)[You’re sitting in your chair, at your desk, with not much to do.](elseif: $l is 1)[$l hour later, you’re still sitting in your chair, at your desk, with not much to do.](else:)[$l hours later, you’re still sitting in your chair, at your desk, with not much to do.]
(set: $l=$l+1)
[[Log on to Twinebook]]
[[Maybe later.]]
You open the door, and see a man, dressed in tacky yellow, holding out a brochure.
[[Sorry, I’m not interested]]
(link: "Who are you? What are you doing at my door?")[(goto: "Man at door")]
(link: "Hello")[(goto: "Man at door")]
You suddenly realize that you're no longer living with your parents, so you get up and open the door. You see a man, dressed in tacky yellow, holding out a brochure.
[[Sorry, I’m not interested]]
(link: "Who are you? What are you doing at my door?")[(goto: "Man at door")]
(link: "Hello")[(goto: "Man at door")]
Before you close the door, the man quickly spurts out:
“I’m the local representative from $Food. We learned that you love our food, and because of that, we’d love to give you coupons!"
[[Yay! I love coupons! Thank you!]]
[[Thank you, I’m not interested]]
“Hey $name! I’m the local representative from $Food. We learned that you love our food, and because of that, we’d love to give you coupons!"
[[Yay! I love coupons! Thank you!]]
[[Thank you, I’m not interested]]
"Here! Have a free sample as well. $fav is your favorite, right?”
(link: "You take the sample and the coupon, with an uneasy feeling and go back to your computer")[(goto: "NSA")]
You push the man away from your doorway, and shut the door, fingers shaking a bit. Did they get this information from the messages to your friend?
(link: "Go back to your computer")[(goto: "NSA")]
You have an unread message from a friend of yours on Twinebook. It reads: "Check this new story that came out! It's pretty freaky".
You open the link to the story, and you read about a certain Edmund Snowman who worked for the NSA and has released a document with all the information that they have collected about individuals and companies.
You decide to search for your name on the document, and the following shows up:
Name: $name
Age: $age
Interests: $like
Favorite color: $color
Favorite food: $fav
Has eaten at: $Food
[[Meh]]
[[Freak out and delete your Twinebook account]]
Life goes on. You are constantly harassed with ads about everything that you have talked about on Twinebook. Twinebook passwords are leaked out, including yours, and your account, along with your information gets stolen.
After spending well over 10 minutes trying to figure out how to delete you account, you find an extremely small link to do so. When you press it, the following message pops up:
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“You can only deactivate your account. If you decide to return, all your information will be restored for ''your'' own convenience ”
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[[Deactivate your account]]
(link: "Twinebook must have my best interests at heart for considering my own convenience in the future. You wink at your own camera and say: 'I love Twinebook and will never delete my account!'")[(goto: "Meh")]
Even after deactivating Twinebook, when you Froogle yourself, all of your embarrassing photos pop up. You continue getting flyers and random salespeople haunt your doorbell. An ad made with one of your pictures from Twinebook goes viral, and even after multiple takedown requests sent to the company, they refuse to let go of such a money-making face as yours.