Facebook has spent millions figuring out how to make your feed as divisive and confrontational as possible. I don’t think it’s had a good outcome for humanity and I think it’s more in the powers-that-be’s hands than the above person thinks it is.
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jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months agoYou underestimate how much interface and algorithms impact how people interact with eachother.
JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 months ago
jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
It’s inevitable for ads supported social media.
They need to keep you “engaged” to show you more ads, and the most effective way to do it is to foster conflict.
ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I agree with this. I 100% believe the lurch to the right’s acceleration in America was fueled by social media algorithms.
sepiroth154@feddit.nl 2 months ago
It started with billionaires buying up all the media, but was further accelerated by the algorithms.
quack@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I’d argue that this is just a continuation of billionaires buying up the media.
misk@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
This and clickbait. Both ware a race to the bottom for information and debate quality motivated solely by greed.