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Enough outrage against the outrage. If any other content would have worked then media and social media would use it. The algorithms reflect what people spend ti
by trabant00 3y ago
Enough outrage against the outrage. If any other content would have worked then media and social media would use it. The algorithms reflect what people spend time on. My recommendations are motorcycles, computers, video games, watches, etc. Still a useless time-sink comprised of mostly thinly veiled advertising but nothing rage inducing.
Nobody else is responsible you click on political stuff. Nobody is responsible you join every moral crusade that gets started. Even on HN where there is no personalized algorithm, even on technical issues, most people vote and comment with their moral/political sensibilities a lot of the time.
So in conclusion it's not them, it you.
- jmeister 3y ago>I now believe the future will be far more irresponsible and stupid than I once did. >I am increasingly worried that human success and failure are ruled by taste — the demand side, in economic terms. >If there are fewer beautiful and charming residential post-World War II neighborhoods, it is because most people do not want to live in them. If there are fewer movies today with the dramatic impact and compositional rigor of “Citizen Kane,” it is because people do not very much want to see them. It is not that it is too difficult or expensive to make another “Citizen Kane.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-03/are-things-really-that-bad-actually-no https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-07-03/are-th...
- kthejoker2 3y agoThe 3 top grossing films of 1941 the year of Citizen Kane: * Sergeant York, a superhero war propaganda film * Honky Tonk, a racy Clark Gable / Lana Turner western * Louisiana Purchase, a zany Bob Hope musical For the record, Citizen Kane was a flop, and there were many excellent movies made this year. This is a bad argument.