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I would love a "Choose your algorithm" law for content recommendations. The default would be chronological order, and you can opt in to whatever other algorithm
by BitwiseFool 6y ago
I would love a "Choose your algorithm" law for content recommendations. The default would be chronological order, and you can opt in to whatever other algorithms these platforms offer.
- btown 6y agoIt would be hard to limit algorithmic internal promotion without limiting algorithmic external promotion, including the entire ad bidding ecosystem. And perhaps that’s a good thing - in addition to Facebook taking responsibility for Facebook links its non-opt-in algorithms promote, it should take responsibility for ad content. There are arguments that this could disadvantage smaller businesses in advertising. That’s a secondary concern to the deprogramming of a radicalized populace.