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They do, actually. An editor's job is to pick stories, oftentimes from syndicated networks, which maximize engagement

• lukan 2y ago
  "individually targeted algorithms"? With data ranging back years, sometimes even birth of the individuals? I don't think so. Newspaper editor edit one newspaper for everyone.
  • whatshisface 2y ago
    In the days of local papers, editors would learn the names of everybody in town, and would try to print things about them so people would buy the papers.
    • lukan 2y ago
      I am aware. Still, do you think this is the same as TikTok's automated algorithm?
      • simoncion 2y ago
        What "social media" companies are doing with "automated algorithms" are no worse than the massive domestic newspaper, radio, television, and entertainment company consolidation that has been permitted over the past several decades. If FedGov is going to be fixing problems with the domestic news and entertainment industry, they should start by reversing that consolidation of control.