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>The world of pure deterministic feeds ordered by date descending never had these problems--things would still "go viral" I guess, but it was humans sharing the
by jefftk 5y ago
>The world of pure deterministic feeds ordered by date descending never had these problems--things would still "go viral" I guess, but it was humans sharing them deliberately to people they knew.
If one of the harms you're thinking of is spreading misinformation, we saw that before filtered feeds (email forwards) and we still see it with chat. In places where group chat is the primary form of social media you see this problem just as with FB in the US.
- seventytwo 5y agoJust like with any other viral spread, the goal isn’t to eliminate the spread, but to reduce the R factor. An argument like yours is the same argument used against wearing masks: “yeah, but it’s not 100% effective!”