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There’s a whole opaque and agenda laden algorithm determining which “guy with credentials” opinions you see, and zero standards.
by LastTrain 2y ago
There’s a whole opaque and agenda laden algorithm determining which “guy with credentials” opinions you see, and zero standards.
- chroma 2y agoThat's why you click on the "Following" tab, not the "For you" tab. Also, how is that any different from any other social media platform? Heck, I just opened Apple News and it recommended me a Buzzfeed article titled, "People are sharing moments where they saw millionaire's spoiled kids get humbled by the real world, and it's a trip".
- LastTrain 2y agoIt isn't any different, that is the point. They are all manipulating super-smart you far more than the NY Times was ever capable of doing. The fact that you think you organically found who to follow is really something.
- brigandish 2y agoWhat would finding someone "organically" look like? Even before social media algorithms were a thing, or even before social media was a thing, information was not laid out in some random fashion, or in a way that made any of it equally likely to reach anyone. Seems like a fallacy to me.
- LastTrain 2y agoI never claimed there was an organic way, I just said that “finding” who to follow on social media isn’t. You seem to agree.