Just like this sub. The only shit getting posted on it is articles about shitty things happening.
Comment on Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’
small44@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They push everything negative. I always pick the chronological feed
GarytheSnail@programming.dev 5 months ago
snooggums@kbin.social 5 months ago
They push the stuff that people spend more time interacting with. People tend to interact more with negative stuff.
small44@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Facebook could modify the algorithm to detect if a post is negative and discart them.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Why would they do that?
snooggums@kbin.social 5 months ago
They could in theory, but that would drive down engagement and they would make less money.
It is pretty hard to identify negative posts though. How do you tell ridiculous rage bait from a good Onion article when the only real difference in context is who posted it?