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Increasing profits has become a race to optimize user engagement. Extreme or polarizing statements attract attention. Milktoast moderate viewpoints do not. That
by sedivy94 6y ago
Increasing profits has become a race to optimize user engagement. Extreme or polarizing statements attract attention. Milktoast moderate viewpoints do not. That’s a tough sell.
- aksss 6y agoMaybe unusual, but I didn’t leave Facebook because of the moderate viewpoints, I left it because of the routinely offensive commentary ordinary people would otherwise not be comfortable making, and the privacy concerns. It was lowering my faith in humanity.