> Why do people (or at least politicians pretend to) believe that social networks are popular despite the content algos and not because of them? Some are, some

> Why do people (or at least politicians pretend to) believe that social networks are popular despite the content algos and not because of them? Some are, some not. But the motivation is the harm of algo-feeds, the potential for manipulations from bad actors. > The reason Tik Tok blew up is because it shows you what you want to see without you twiddling with a dozen dials. That's more of a delusion, it does not shows you what you want, but what engages you, which just happen often enough to be something you want. > But then "giving people control" won't change anything. Probably true, but feeds like are tapping into addiction-mechanisms, returning control can help to regulate this, and prevents at least lowers the harm.