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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.
by 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 agoI am aware. Still, do you think this is the same as TikTok's automated algorithm?
- simoncion 2y agoWhat "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.