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paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I’m sure there are individuals doing worse one off shit, or people targeting individuals.

I’m sure Facebook has run multiple algorithm experiments that are worse.

I’m sure YouTube has caused worse real world outcomes with the rabbit holes their algorithm use to promote. (And they have never found a way to completely fix without destroying the usefulness of the algorithm completely.)

The actions described in this article are upsetting and disappointing, but this has been going on for a long time. All in the name of making money.

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GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
that’s right, no reason to do anything about it. let’s just continue to fester in our own shit.

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- paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That’s not at all what I was getting at. My point is the people claiming this is the worst they have seen have a limited point of view and should cast their gaze further across the industry.
  
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  - GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    sounded really dismissive to me.
    
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