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> isn't gonna help make you get thinner lol. sure as hell isn't but do you actually think the reason 65% of the American population is overweight is burger ads
by Barrin92 5y ago
> isn't gonna help make you get thinner lol.
sure as hell isn't but do you actually think the reason 65% of the American population is overweight is burger ads, rather than the simple fact that people unless very explicitly told not to will stuff their faces with cheap and delicious fast food? Do you think that requires coercion? Like in a world where McDonalds doesn't run ads, they all start working out and eat salads?
The algorithm itself only exists to satisfy a never-ending demand by people, it's nothing else than an internet conveyor belt.
When you walk into Twitter HQ and turn the algorithms off you think the people will greet you in the streets as liberators with flowers and open arms? You'll have a riot because Instagram and TikTok don't work any more
- moffkalast 5y agoNah I'm saying that some things have a level of healthy natural scarcity to them. That scarcity can be removed artificially to not always beneficial ends. Would I want an unlimited supply of free chocolate? Sure. Would I trust myself with it? Definitely not. Same applies here. I'm aware that for example Tiktok owes its entire popularity to its smart filtering and suggestions, but that's also why I've never tried it myself. It's like going out of your way to try heroin or something. You know it's not gonna end well.