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> Goodreads Cares about Engagement Not Accuracy Yes, of course. Accuracy doesn’t make money, engagement does. This is the problem with the current state of the
by prepend 3y ago
> Goodreads Cares about Engagement Not Accuracy
Yes, of course. Accuracy doesn’t make money, engagement does. This is the problem with the current state of the internet. People forgot that engagement was just the path to accuracy but is much harder to measure. So people realized that they can increase engagement to make money.
- mandmandam 3y ago> Accuracy doesn’t make money, engagement does. Accurate information creates a better society for everyone. Angry engaged people fed bullshit create a worse society for everyone. But yeah, the incentives are perverse, and the owner-class are willing to do whatever it takes to keep them perverse.
- ezekiel68 3y agoYou seem to be highlighting how society should operate rather than how it (often) does operate.
- mandmandam 3y agoI think you might have missed the point. Accurate information does create a better society for everyone, in this society and in any. It's like physics - cultural karma. Angry engaged people fed bullshit do create a worse society for everyone, every time. Karma. Equal reaction. That one of these options has been weaponized for profit and control is independent of those facts. It's no secret that if we don't change how society operates, we're going to make life on this planet unbearable very quickly; and this is part of the reason why.| Poverty, hunger, and inequality are rampant in America; as are the drug issues and mental health problems that go with them. This is part of the reason why. Our money is spent subsidizing war and oil. This is part of the reason why.