Fixated Units on Nostr: Still haven't heard a positive argument for the use of algorithms in social media. ...
Still haven't heard a positive argument for the use of algorithms in social media.
Commercial platforms use them to escalate ads and accounts with big followings - that by definition get exposure already. Or prioritise outrage based posts to drive engagement. Marketers abuse them for optimisation. It's all manipulative nonsense for profit.
Why would anyone willingly subject themselves to an endless stream of that, rather than the accounts they actually signed up to follow?
#socialmedia
Commercial platforms use them to escalate ads and accounts with big followings - that by definition get exposure already. Or prioritise outrage based posts to drive engagement. Marketers abuse them for optimisation. It's all manipulative nonsense for profit.
Why would anyone willingly subject themselves to an endless stream of that, rather than the accounts they actually signed up to follow?
#socialmedia