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betty_staples 2 hours ago

I will say I am strongly against what social media algorithms do.

But I am fascinated by the black mirror element. They said "hey algorithm what gets likes, what gets views - look into human nature and report back" - "human nature shows polarization does! emotional charged divisive content!" - that's just fascinating. Not learning, philosphophy, growth, education, health, no, the naughty stuff, the bad stuff. That's not to exonerate social media companies, no, such would be the same as exonerating big tobacco for what they do.

trinsic2 an hour ago | parent [-]

I kind of wonder if it creates it rather than shows us a mirror.