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> Outlawing the problematic aspect of social media would essentially destroy Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and severely damage Youtube, so they need to make it a r
by htag 4y ago
> Outlawing the problematic aspect of social media would essentially destroy Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and severely damage Youtube, so they need to make it a real ban on the company, not the company's practices.
I wonder if we would be okay with removing algorithmic feeds/recommendations. Feeds must either be a chronological order of content or it must be a human editor selected assortment of content. Leave room for algorithmic spam/malware blocking.
I honestly think that leaves Facebooks/Twitter/Reddit/Youtube in operation, although more layoffs might be required.
- luckylion 4y agoIt would be interesting to see if they'd remain attractive to people if there was no engagement optimization and controversial-first ordering. If you don't get your daily dose of outrage because you've slept while the hot post was submitted and three hours later, it has been pushed down already -- do you not just move on at some point?
- nikanj 4y agoThe older social media platforms were quite popular and successful before they were outcompeted by the more algorithmic rage machines