• Nugget_in_biscuit
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    1 year ago

    I feel like that site started to go downhill once they started to implement their A”lGoRiThM.” They started promoting so much negative content to users to keep them hooked - basically my entire feed was taken up by posts of people dying / getting wronged / complaining about how terrible modern society is / etc. And now they just want to be TikTok

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      1 year ago

      i think that algorithm-based content suggestion can be a good thing if implemented correctly, it’s just that what’s good and what’s profitable doesn’t always align. sometimes i wonder what the world would look like right now if actually decent algorithms are the norm instead of the absolute cancer that’s common right now.

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        1 year ago

        If the algorithm is being controlled by capitalists, the goal will always be to maximize engagement and people are more drawn to hostile content. If it’s being controlled by hobbyists, the goal would be to connect people with overlapping interests.