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Their own leaked internal docs say that angry, love, sad, and wow reactions had 5x more weight than traditional likes. It should be easy to infer that this will
by prophesi 4y ago
Their own leaked internal docs say that angry, love, sad, and wow reactions had 5x more weight than traditional likes. It should be easy to infer that this will promote more controversial posts than uncontroversial ones.
It seems like their attention & engagement tweaks are spent on Instagram. One frustrating recent change was the introduction of a non-algorithmic feed, but it's not on by default, and it hides stories from the view, which makes it unusable for most people.
- bertil 4y ago> angry, love, sad, and wow Those are not reactions to controversial posts. Those are stong reactions to posts that you want to see and you generally agree with. 'lol' has been used either as it was meant (positive reaction to a joke) or negatively (mocking a sincere post).
- strulovich 4y agoThis is from when reactions where being rolled out. The intent was that choosing a specific reaction Carrie’s more meaning than a generic like. If love, laugh, wow, all positive carry the same as sad and angry why would that mean more controversial? People love having angry content as viral sire, but that’s human nature and existed much before the angry reaction was added.
- prophesi 4y agoLove, laugh, and wow aren't necessarily positive (and even hate can be positive in context). These are often used on clickbait posts that "dunk" on the other side, or uphold your controversial views, which then displays more of this content and helps contribute to society's political polarization.