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> You are the one who chooses whether to enter the hellsite or the heavensite. That's naive because pushes the narrative that corporate run social media are ju
by atmosx 5y ago
> You are the one who chooses whether to enter the hellsite or the heavensite.
That's naive because pushes the narrative that corporate run social media are just a neutral platforms with no agenda. That's simply not true. The algorithm™ is optimised for retention and the best way to retain is, unfortunately, echo chamber and provocation.
> I started using Twitter on a regular basis as an experiment in early 2020.
Ah okay! I didn't read after that point, maybe the article should start with this quote.
- mwfogleman 5y agoThis piece is written by two people, the second sentence was written by my co-author, Brian!
- atmosx 5y agoI know. Re-reading my last comment, I'm afraid Brian paid the piper for many "I did X for 1 week and now I'm an expert" posts that appear on HN. A bit unfair to Brian for sure. I would hate it if Brian stops writing because of my comment. See how messed up the internet is? I'd like to read on the same topic after five years or so.
- freewilly1040 5y agoYeah. I was out on the article after the heaven or hellsite line. To build a reasonable case, defenders of social media must at least acknowledge the toil and difficulty of making your feed anything but a rage inducing time sink, as well as the fact that the sites themselves are not your allies in doing so.