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I find it pretty egregious that tech companies in particular consider a way to fight misinformation to be to make it difficult to find. Where's the trust in peo
by ssl232 5y ago
I find it pretty egregious that tech companies in particular consider a way to fight misinformation to be to make it difficult to find. Where's the trust in people to critically assess evidence? We seem too afraid they'll pick the wrong "truth". What does that say about our lack of respect for their ability to make decisions? Will us behaving this way possibly change their minds? Stupid, irrational people have always existed and will always exist. Better to at least try to train them to critically assess what they read - which will reduce total stupidity in the world - than to block them from reading such material which only makes them think there's a conspiracy. And, what better way to make high quality allies than to have them critically assess both sides and decide to pick yours? And, maybe we might even change our own mind having had a more complete body of information to draw upon - better for everything.
Blocking access to information seems optimally bad for truth.
- glial 5y agoIf limiting the spread of 'misinformation' is their intended goal, it seems like they would have a bigger impact by just toning down their algorithmic recommendations. Leave the videos up and available to search, and stop doing hyper-optimized recommendations designed to increase 'engagement'. Of course, that would lose them advertising money, which is probably why they didn't go that route.