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Wonder if we'll see sites in future do the opposite too? After all, arguments can bring a lot of page views, and the rise of political polarisation has certainl
by CM30 8y ago
Wonder if we'll see sites in future do the opposite too? After all, arguments can bring a lot of page views, and the rise of political polarisation has certainly helped make extreme news sites more popular...
Could be interesting (in a very depressing, rather disturbing way) to see a social media site deliberately tried to stoke up arguments with machine learning rather than trying to calm them down.
- Dangeranger 8y agoSort of like "Incitement as a Service". That behavior is something I saw a lot of leading up to and after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.