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All of the above. Here are some key factors driving social media. The misincentives are obvious once you clearly see these. 1. It is fundamentally based on on
by addicted 2y ago
All of the above.
Here are some key factors driving social media. The misincentives are obvious once you clearly see these.
1. It is fundamentally based on one of the strongest human impulses of community.
2. The economic model of social media is based on ads, which means they need to keep you on their platforms as long as possible.
3. They have vast troves of public, private, social and secret information on individuals.
4. They can modify their product every millisecond to adjust the product you experience based on all the factors above.
- froh 2y ago5. most of them allow to target arbitrary content including political disinformation based on 3., and including unhinged hate speech