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The personalization component takes this a step above. Making something very broadly appealing is one thing. Targeting what will keep you specifically from turn
by jfengel 7mo ago
The personalization component takes this a step above. Making something very broadly appealing is one thing. Targeting what will keep you specifically from turning it off is a whole new level.
- Dumblydorr 7mo agoAnd feeding toxic content to children while doing so.
- cmeacham98 7mo agoSo if social media removed personalization from their algorithms and only applied them broadly across large demographic groups you'd be fine with them? (Genuine question I'm curious)
- bluefirebrand 7mo agoThis would be a substantial improvement yes Imagine a feed that actually just ends when you run out of posts from people you follow instead trying to endlessly keep your attention by pushing stuff it thinks you might like If I've read all of the posts from my friends I would prefer to not see anything else, but that doesn't maximize engagement for ad platforms so
- nunez 7mo agoThis would be great, yeah. Disable infinite scrolling and page caching (so that you’re not infinitely scrolling horizontally) and video autoplay too. Also add opt-out time limits and breaks.
- jfengel 7mo agoMaybe. It's hard to know what kind of world that would result in. I could well see it being so much less effective as to not be a problem. Or maybe they'd be even more effective, and if we caught them explicitly knowing that they were harming children, it would still potentially be tortious.
- aprilthird2021 7mo ago> Targeting what will keep you specifically from turning it off is a whole new level. Your grocery store app does this and gives you personalized coupons. Will everyone who buys groceries get a $100k+ settlement?