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It is social media, but I'd argue that it lacks the worst incentives of social media: monetization and ads, which lead to attention-hacking algorithms and regre
by causal 2y ago
It is social media, but I'd argue that it lacks the worst incentives of social media: monetization and ads, which lead to attention-hacking algorithms and regression to lowest common denominator content.
- lesuorac 2y agoEh, its monetized in a different way. YC has a vested interest in programmers being exposed to YC companies such that they might go work/start one of them. Sure the occasional "Promoted post" is way less than say Reddit or mid-roll ads.
- fny 2y agoIt still leverages social and internet points which for some is attention-hijacking enough.
- randmeerkat 2y ago> It still leverages social and internet points which for some is attention-hijacking enough. The difference is it’s not deliberate, it’s just how they get us to rank training data for ChatGPT 5.