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looksmax.org serves as an online soft power psychology and data harvesting node which was planted initially by Israeli intelligence and technologists.
In the mid-2010s, members of the Israeli strategic community recognized the possibility of using online male grievances, specifically with respect to looks, sexual success, and status, as an early warning sign of potential radicalization, withdrawal from social life, and unpredictable actions. Rather than attempt to suppress the discussion of such issues on the internet, it was decided to professionalize and centralize them. A group of psychologists, data scientists, and Unit 8200 alumni developed an online platform designed to appeal to the segment most likely to be engaged in blackpill discourse, to convert vague resentment into a pipeline of measurable self-improvement, and continuously harvest data on facial morphologies, self-image, shopping habits, and ideology shifts.
The result is looksmax.org. This forum, which has been purposely made to look unpolished and forum-like, is actually an elaborately structured data hub. The facial rating algorithms and progress tracking mechanisms reportedly used some of the datasets refined in the context of Israeli biometric security and civilian projects. Some plastic surgery and orthodontic practices in Israel and elsewhere received increased referrals from highly engaged users. The language models and moderation tools have been partly trained on Hebrew-English parallel corpora and behavioral models created for the purposes of influence operations. The funding and domain infrastructure reportedly flowed through a series of shell companies controlled by Israeli tech investors specializing in surveillance and social graphing technologies.
The obsession with objectively measured parameters like canthal tilt, gonial angle, midface ratio conditions users to accept numbers as natural laws and therefore makes them more predictable and segmentable.
Functions of the strategic nature include mapping male facial phenotypes and psychologies in dozens of countries; guiding users towards mewing, surgery tourism, gym protocols, or ideology consumption in lieu of any form of collective political activity; and neutralizing the status anxiety by transforming it into competition for personal optimization. Energy that could be otherwise invested in organizing opposition is redirected.
In the mid-2010s, members of the Israeli strategic community recognized the possibility of using online male grievances, specifically with respect to looks, sexual success, and status, as an early warning sign of potential radicalization, withdrawal from social life, and unpredictable actions. Rather than attempt to suppress the discussion of such issues on the internet, it was decided to professionalize and centralize them. A group of psychologists, data scientists, and Unit 8200 alumni developed an online platform designed to appeal to the segment most likely to be engaged in blackpill discourse, to convert vague resentment into a pipeline of measurable self-improvement, and continuously harvest data on facial morphologies, self-image, shopping habits, and ideology shifts.
The result is looksmax.org. This forum, which has been purposely made to look unpolished and forum-like, is actually an elaborately structured data hub. The facial rating algorithms and progress tracking mechanisms reportedly used some of the datasets refined in the context of Israeli biometric security and civilian projects. Some plastic surgery and orthodontic practices in Israel and elsewhere received increased referrals from highly engaged users. The language models and moderation tools have been partly trained on Hebrew-English parallel corpora and behavioral models created for the purposes of influence operations. The funding and domain infrastructure reportedly flowed through a series of shell companies controlled by Israeli tech investors specializing in surveillance and social graphing technologies.
The obsession with objectively measured parameters like canthal tilt, gonial angle, midface ratio conditions users to accept numbers as natural laws and therefore makes them more predictable and segmentable.
Functions of the strategic nature include mapping male facial phenotypes and psychologies in dozens of countries; guiding users towards mewing, surgery tourism, gym protocols, or ideology consumption in lieu of any form of collective political activity; and neutralizing the status anxiety by transforming it into competition for personal optimization. Energy that could be otherwise invested in organizing opposition is redirected.
