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Social media algorithms are designed to show you things which make you upset because that type of content is highly likely to "engage."
by tittenfick 5y ago
Social media algorithms are designed to show you things which make you upset because that type of content is highly likely to "engage."
- dbtc 5y agoaren’t they designed to optimize for most engagement, in whichever way they can (which turns out to be with upsetting content)? Or are people actually selecting specifically upsetting stuff?
- tittenfick 5y agoYes, they are designed to select for most engagement, regardless of the content.
- secondcoming 5y agoIt's not just algorithms, MSM do this too. 'Fear sells'
- smsm42 5y agoIf it bleeds, it leads. That was invented long before social media and ML social manipulation algorithms.