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Algorithms and perverse incentives are currently boosting that signal, however. Take this story for instance from the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/idea
by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Algorithms and perverse incentives are currently boosting that signal, however. Take this story for instance from the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/american-anti-semitism-youth/685261/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/american-anti-semi...
"Last week, the Yale Youth Poll released its fall survey, which found that “younger voters are more likely to hold antisemitic views than older voters.” When asked to choose whether Jews have had a positive, neutral, or negative impact on the United States, just 8 percent of respondents said “negative.” But among 18-to-22-year-olds, that number was 18 percent. Twenty-seven percent of 18-to-22-year-olds strongly or somewhat agreed that “Jews in the United States have too much power,” compared with 16 percent overall and just 11 percent of those over 65."
It's easy to get exposed to extreme content on instagram, X, YT and elsewhere. Incendiary content leads to more engagement. The algorithms ain't alright.