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Free speech on the internet worked fine before companies developed algorithms to feed you content that made them the most $$. I would also say there's a proble
by bcrosby95 5y ago
Free speech on the internet worked fine before companies developed algorithms to feed you content that made them the most $$. I would also say there's a problem in traditional media - something shared with social media.
Outrage sells. We have a bunch of people walking around being angry about shit that is never gonna change, politicians don't give two fucks about (except it gets you to vote for them), and all media are laughing to the bank because of the engagement it drives.
- munk-a 5y ago> Free speech on the internet worked fine before companies developed algorithms to feed you content that made them the most $$. Free speech on the internet worked fine back before everyone was on the internet - I don't think it's easy to tell if the shift was solely due to companies coming along with echo chamber algorithms or if it's an issue with most people not being able to handle being anonymous by default. I'm not trying to say it's definitely one way or the other (or some other way I can't recognize) - but I think we've got a very murky study with a lot of confounding variables.
- anovikov 5y agoIt's not their fault that they have developed algorithms - after all, this is just survival of the fittest in the open market. Problem is exactly that with social media, masses, for the first time in history, actually got the free speech rights. Rights themselves are the problem. Founding Fathers who invented free speech could not foresee social media just as they couldn't foresee AR-15.