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You could make a case that optimising for engagement - and getting stupidity - is a predictable outcome and therefore itself stupid. Imagine what would happen
by TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
You could make a case that optimising for engagement - and getting stupidity - is a predictable outcome and therefore itself stupid.
Imagine what would happen if social media algorithms started promoting the opposite. Engagement would drop, but there might be some interesting second and third effects.
- selestify 6y agoUnless these second and third order effects are more profitable than the first order ones, I don't see any incentive for social media companies to promote them.
- mandelbrotwurst 6y agoIt's only stupid if you're trying to optimize for social good, makes perfect sense as a short sighted, profit maximizing corporation.