Like many tech executives, Ev's view is that it's up to users to demand more from social media algorithms and tech products: > But he is not convinced that the

Like many tech executives, Ev's view is that it's up to users to demand more from social media algorithms and tech products: > But he is not convinced that the problems with social platforms can ever be fully solved, nor does he believe it's entirely incumbent upon tech companies to solve them. ... [It] will be up to users to choose, and stick to, their own information diets. This echoes FB's VP of Ads, Rob Goldman, who blamed lack of media literacy and Benedict Evans at a16z, who argued that engagement must be king at FB.* To me, this feels remarkably self serving. Regardless, I made an engineer media literacy guide to encourage a shift in user behavior, and contributions are welcome: https://github.com/nemild/hack-an-engineer https://github.com/nemild/hack-an-engineer ------------------------------------------------- * https://twitter.com/robjective/status/964680128092504065 https://twitter.com/robjective/status/964680128092504065 * https://www.nemil.com/s/benedict-evans.html https://www.nemil.com/s/benedict-evans.html (my response to Benedict Evan's post)