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The follower system on twitter already sorts content like that, it's just the retweet system amplifies certain types of content so strongly that it drowns out o
by dustingetz 11y ago
The follower system on twitter already sorts content like that, it's just the retweet system amplifies certain types of content so strongly that it drowns out other types. Amongst other glaring problems, like driving an evil feedback loop that makes twitter money by making everyone angry.
- DanielBMarkham 11y agoMany times online I see a friend who is justifiably upset. Let's say they like to put their dog in a sweater and somebody said it was animal abuse. Now I could care less about dogs in sweaters, but I like my friend. I hear them and I want them to know that they have been heard. So I "like" the content. When you've only got 1,000 or so followers, no big deal. But if you're around 50 or 100K? statistically you're going to end up with dozens, maybe hundreds of likes. Some likes are "I agree!" Some likes are "I like you". How could any system distinguish the two? I have difficulties doing this in small groups where people are physically nodding their head. I know designers don't want to move away from the one-button like/vote/heart/plus/whatever, but hell if I can figure out how you'd make a system work like that without massive feedback noise (which is what's happening).
- chris_wot 11y agoThe other day my friend's pet died, and they put a status update on Facebook. Blow me down if they didn't get 5 sympathetic likes!