I’m mixed on this. If the algorithm is known, big channels would just game it. They still will figure it out now and game, but it might take a bit longer. Just like these days most of timef the top 20 results with Google are completely useless nowadays because it’s either AI slop or pure marketing.
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MangoCats@feddit.it 4 days agoWhat we, as users, desere is transparency in the algorithm and significant input into how it works for us. Do you like big channels, small channels? etc. The problem is when people opt-out of sponsored content, but also refuse to pay. Transparency in the cost of delivery of service and the income from advertising would help there too, except if the service provider is wanting obscene profits.
Decq@lemmy.world 3 days ago
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 days ago
This is where personalization comes in, if everybody can tune the algorithm to their liking with sufficient individuality, then algorithm gamers have a much more diffuse target. Also, if you’re getting targeted by abusers you don’t want to see, you can already filter that to some degree but it should be made even easier to “turn down the volume” on abusive groups. Abusive being in the opinion of the abused.
BussyGyatt@feddit.org 3 days ago
“if”
MangoCats@feddit.it 3 days ago
And with transparency greed loses some of its advantage, we should be eroding those advantages any way we can…