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> I don't know. Maybe that will just make the echo chambers worse. This. Also. What incentive does a walled garden even have to allow something like this? Put
by ralston3 6y ago
> I don't know. Maybe that will just make the echo chambers worse.
This.
Also. What incentive does a walled garden even have to allow something like this? Put a different way, what incentive does a walled garden have to not just block this "user agent"? Because the UA would effectively be replacing the walled garden's own "algo curated new feed" - except if the user builds their own AI bot -- the walled garden can't make money the way they currently do.
I think the idea is very interesting. I personally believe digital UA's will have a place in the future. But in this scenario I couldn't see it working.
- fpgaminer 6y agoTrue, but we have ad blockers and they're effective. They're effective against the largest, richest companies in the world. There are various reasons for that, but at the end of the day it remains true that I can use YouTube without ads if I choose to. There's clearly a place in the world for pro-user curation, even if that's not in FAANG's best interests. I think it's antithetical to the Hacker ethos to not pursue an idea just because it's bad for mega-corps.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoMega-corps don't stop themselves from pursuing an idea just because it's bad for the hoi polloi, so why should we?