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Just as I have been saying, we need an alternative to the capitalist profit-driven media organizations. Outrage drives “engagement”, for both social networks an
by EGreg 4y ago
Just as I have been saying, we need an alternative to the capitalist profit-driven media organizations. Outrage drives “engagement”, for both social networks and for publishers.
All of the profit-driven outleys are subject to market pressures. Even NYTimes which won more Pulitzer prizes than anyone admits to A/B testing headlines for clickbait. Let alone FOX News or YouTubers with “X does Y, immediately regregts it” and “Foo DESTROYS {group we hate}”
The profit motive and private ownership of the social networks and publications inevitably drives people into echo chambers and creates tribalism. Because the market selects for that over anything else. It’s not an accident that Twitter is so toxic, for instance.
Worse than just negativity, the media outlets selectively report on events in order to support their country’s narrative, often due to their government’s pressure. This can lead to wars and misunderstandings between huge populations, leading to violence.
This is why I started https://rational.app https://rational.app
- koheripbal 4y agoThere is a lot of negativity on your site.
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- EGreg 4y agoCan you give some examples? Elaborate? It highlights what’s wrong with the for-profit news industry.
- koheripbal 4y agohttps://rational.app/category/rational-app-blog/ https://rational.app/category/rational-app-blog/ Are there more recent blog posts or is this all?
- sergiomattei 4y agoYour landing page is a wall of text. Simplify it.
- hot_gril 4y agoThe news on Twitter isn't really for-profit, more like for glory or popularity in many cases. I'm fully convinced now that the issue is the one-to-many distribution. When news only travels from friend to friend like the old days, it tends to be more positive and less devious, and there are studies behind this. You don't make friends sending them fake ragebait, but it certainly works on Twitter. I'd have to see your app in action to know what it really does, but it does sound like the same kind of distribution as Twitter.