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It's possible that content-based suppression happens, but it's also possible that the genericized phrase organically generates more engagement by virtue of it b
by hunter2_ 5y ago
It's possible that content-based suppression happens, but it's also possible that the genericized phrase organically generates more engagement by virtue of it being likeable to way more people. If all your followers celebrate the same holiday then it should be a wash but if huge chunks don't then it's purely the numbers doing their thing. Even some who celebrate the mentioned holiday might find the message exclusionary enough to not engage (a woke feedback loop, you could say), further burying it.
- simplestats 5y agoI don't think they're talking about just getting the most likes, or whatever but rather censorship via shadow-banning or outright deleting posts. I have seen it happen, and suspect there are those that work to "poison" the algorithms to get them to shadow ban the political side the hacker doesn't like.
- driverdan 5y ago> I have seen it happen That's an extraordinary claim. Do you have evidence?
- simplestats 5y agoNo it is not an extaordinary claim at all. Moderators on any random forum can set these tools up. And yes I literally had my post shadowbanned for a benign statement that apparently had the wrong keywords in the wrong arrangement or something. So yes in that sense I have evidence.
- BuildTheRobots 5y agoI agree entirely with your point, but I'd take it one step further. Christmas for a lot of people (even those that do celebrate) can be a very depressing and lonely time of the year, even more so in these post covid times. I prefer a generic "happy holidays" as it applies to more people, though I've moved onto "happy solstice - the days are finally getting longer (or about to)". I think that's a little bit of positivity that it's actually worth reminding people of.