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Social media companies encourage manufactured outrage by providing controversial and divisive 'extreme' content for "engagement metrics". We know this from the
by DoItToMe81 5y ago
Social media companies encourage manufactured outrage by providing controversial and divisive 'extreme' content for "engagement metrics". We know this from the Facebook leaks, court cases and common sense.
The solution to this suggested in this article is to give them more power over individual information by making giving your name and address to the company mandatory. No thank you. I don't think expanding one of the core parts of the problem while annihilating the capability for people in repressive countries to shield themselves is any solution at all.
- spupe 5y agoIf anything, enforcing identification would be very damaging to these companies. Their user numbers are absurdly inflated by bots and fakes, and most of their engagement is also likely not coming from human activity. The author is not proposing a solution for people in oppressive regimes - those are already restrained in their access to internet and social media -, but for America.