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I found an alternate explaination which hadn't occured to me at the time. It's not necessarily that most people don't like balanced views. It may be just most
by b0rsuk 8y ago
I found an alternate explaination which hadn't occured to me at the time.
It's not necessarily that most people don't like balanced views. It may be just most people aren't excited by balanced views. Extreme views are more emotion provoking, even if you disagree with them. But if the algorithm actually sends you nothing but extreme views, you may eventually start having doubts and become a new convert. The joke's on you.
It's like the pickup advice (I smell downvotes again) that when it comes to women, it's better to be outrageous than boring.
- MBCook 8y agoAnd of course there’s another side to this cycle. More extreme stuff gets viewed more. More views means more ad revenue and a higher tier. That only incentivize people to make even more extreme stuff. When these were webpages with a handful of a handful of ads didn’t matter that much. Now one of the largest media platforms on the planet is actively pushing this stuff (unintentionally) at everyone so it’s actually having an effect.