These algorithmic platforms aren’t deciding what we get to talk about, they are editorializing; deciding which of our posts they would like to rebroadcast to th

These algorithmic platforms aren’t deciding what we get to talk about, they are editorializing; deciding which of our posts they would like to rebroadcast to their other users. If he doesn’t want to make sure the things his network rebroadcasts are true… I mean, it’s sort of like, well they’ve always been extremely lazy about fact checking anyway. So I guess it is good that he’s announcing it. Social media is mostly not a good place for political discussion. It is mostly anonymous/pseudonymous people (or at least mostly strangers) arguing past each other, arguing for the crowd, or just venting into the void. It might be a good place for doing rhetoric/propaganda. As if we needed more of that. Social media feels vaguely like talking to your friends, aka, having political discussions. I think conflating political discussions and spewing rhetoric has made us much dumber as a society.