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>[not] giving people what they want >giving our darker sides what they want. This almost sounds like people have almost no agency or say in it.
by noobermin 9y ago
>[not] giving people what they want
>giving our darker sides what they want.
This almost sounds like people have almost no agency or say in it.
- krapp 9y agoThese sites are designed to remove as much agency as possible, so that users are driven to behave in predictable, repeatable and easily monetizable patterns. The question is, how much agency can they actually remove? If someone uploads "radical" material and it's popular with other "radicals," then is exploiting that any worse than doing so for mainstream content?
- noobermin 9y agoI don't agree with the way you phrase it. No freaking suggested video is going to rob any individual of their agency any more than yet another hottake NYT Op-ed is going to rob mine. Their algorithms however do move the average, increasing monetization. The average is not the same as the individual. I don't see that as removing agency, even if it is influencing individuals a little. There are dark patterns like those employed by shady mobile game apps that hook in players into addiction. The recommended vids on youtube don't reach that level in my opinion and it's a category error to lump them together.