We can have overt fascists literally controlling the internet and people will still spout nonsense complaints about “algorithms”. jfc.
Comment on X and TikTok algorithms favour the far right at the expense of moderate parties
Wammityblam@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Algorithmic content is arguably the worst thing to come out of the internet.
It has made it much easier for these companies to manipulate what people see and feed into their fears and delusions.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Wammityblam@lemmy.world 2 days ago
More than one thing can be bad about the internet at the same time.
Furthermore, the fascists are the one that put the algorithms in place. It’s the same problem.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
the fascists are the one that put the algorithms in place.
This is the dumbest thing that I’ve ever heard. Every single program is an “algorithm”. Sorting by date is an “algorithm”.
You’re literally crying about something that doesn’t exist. And that’s literally how we got here.
Do you really want more state control of “social media”?
Wammityblam@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t want any social media homie
You’re barking up the wrong tree
Take a chill pill
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Algorithmic content is not bad per se. It’s the algorithms that are specifically designed to create division and hate. The people who design these things know what they’re doing and are doing it because the outcomes are that they want to achieve.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They aren’t designed to do that.
They are designed to give people what they want. People want division and hate. It fuels their attention.
In the 1980s the people who had the longest listening times to Howard Stern were the people who claimed to hate him. The outraged fueled their attention such that they could not turn away because they wanted to see if he got more outrageous and offensive.
People are like kids in an candy store when it comes to negative content. They cannot get enough.
Before algos things were random and they had to try really hard to go find that stuff. The algos spoonfed it to them and they lapped it up eagerly. Back when IG was just my friends, I saw one angry rant every few weeks, today it’s 20 angry rants and 20 ads, and my friends content about their kid or cat being cute is buried by 50 other posts which I can’t get rid of.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“Those companies running the orphan crushing machines are really evil.”
“Nooo, you must understand those orphans want to be crushed! They’re just fulfilling a market need!”