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It is not obvious that many people (when was the last time a single post was seen by the entirety of the platform?) seeing occasional soul-destroying stuff is
by drawkward 2y ago
It is not obvious that many people (when was the last time a single post was seen by the entirety of the platform?) seeing occasional soul-destroying stuff is worse than seeing soul-destroying stuff as full-time employment, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for the length of one's work life.
Also: perhaps the occasional soul-destroying post would help people break their social media addictions.
- philjohn 2y agoCounterpoint: Molly Russell. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Molly-Russell-Prevention-of-future-deaths-report-2022-0315_Published.pdf https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Molly-Ru...
- drawkward 2y agoCertainly poor molly russell does not appear to have seen this cintent occasionally, which is just my point. There is no mention of how she accessed this content either: was it a message board, or was it served algorithmically, which is important to the contention here.
- philjohn 2y agoServed algorithmically: https://mollyrosefoundation.org/november-2023-new-research-exposes-tech-giants-amplification-of-content-promoting-suicide-and-self-harm/ https://mollyrosefoundation.org/november-2023-new-research-e...
- drawkward 2y agoI am not sure that the death of one person outweighs the lifelong ptsd of 100% of fb content moderators. Again, my original claim is that it is not obvious. I am not trying to trivialize this persons death. If it were up to me, I'd completely get rid of social media in an instant.
- philjohn 2y agoWhen I worked there the North Star was always "build ML so good we don't need human reviewers".