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This is the fundamental design flaw of the system. Fixing it isn't going to be easy, though. Look at the amount of effort that the scientific community tries t
by w_t_payne 6y ago
This is the fundamental design flaw of the system.
Fixing it isn't going to be easy, though. Look at the amount of effort that the scientific community tries to put into improving the quality of communication:- peer review, standards for content ... and there's still nagging issues with reproducing results and even outright fraud in some cases.
Whatever solution we come up with will likely increase friction in the user experience, but there's lots of room for innovation here.
- api 6y agoFixing this isn't a matter of adding complexity but of removing it. When timelines were sequential or user-moderated and YouTube was just a search engine and host for videos it was fine. Algorithmic prioritization algorithms were introduced around the 2008-2012 time frame and all Internet discourse went to hell shortly afterwords. What we did was to insert a biasing function between all people that biased content for engagement. What maximizes engagement? Hate, fear, and conflict.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoThe fundamental flaw is human nature. That's not going to be easy to fix.