| ▲ | 'Global reckoning for big tech': Australia to force opt-out of social algs(theguardian.com) | |||||||
| 32 points by ggm a day ago | 3 comments | ||||||||
| ▲ | TFNA a day ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
How would opt-out help at a societal level? Reddit offers an opt-out (old.reddit.com) of some of its most deleterious changes, but that didn't stop the site from going downhill overall: the vast majority of users remained on the new site or the phone app. I can imagine the same with opt-out of algorithms: you might get a saner view, but you are still on a platform that has an overall culture molded by the default view. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | ahartmetz a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
That seems like a fantastic idea, I hope it goes through and gets widely imitated in other countries. I imagine that the usual villain gallery will launch a panicked lobbying initiative behind the scenes. | ||||||||