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> The app isn't making causing those thoughts, society is. You are right in that the app isn't making it, but it is promoting it with their algorithm to maximi
by nowherebeen 5y ago
> The app isn't making causing those thoughts, society is.
You are right in that the app isn't making it, but it is promoting it with their algorithm to maximize engagement.
- mavhc 5y agoTheir algorithm to maximize engagement automatically promotes what's popular. What's popular is a side effect of society and how human brains work. Every supermarket magazine is doing the same thing, just they're not as good at it.
- nowherebeen 5y ago> Their algorithm to maximize engagement automatically promotes what's popular. No, their algorithm is maximizing conflict. There's no algorithm needed for what's popular. A 5 year old can write that algorithm. Go read up on research on what drives engagement on social media. Popular != maximum engagement.
- mavhc 5y agoConflict is popular, there's more comments when people disagree. It's a very unintelligent way to measure popularity, number of comments, number of views. That's why the rest of the Facebook posts you see are "what was your favourite meal as a child?" etc with thousands of comments. The ones people think are phishing scams.