Fixated Units on Nostr: Chalk up another good report to Louise Milligan and team. Keep asking myself, why are ...
Chalk up another good report to Louise Milligan and team.
Keep asking myself, why are algorithms - tooled to gamify, outrage and addict - accepted practice?
Every 'casual' online user I spoke to over the weekend hates them, parents, kids and kid-free alike, but claim their accounts are too useful to ditch. These are doctors, comms specialists, wealthy small business owners - and all commercial social-media addicts.
It's bizarre. And very harmful. Like self-aware junkies, got the impression they'd be more than happy if the choice was taken away from them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-04/disconnected/104559834
#auspol #mastodon
Keep asking myself, why are algorithms - tooled to gamify, outrage and addict - accepted practice?
Every 'casual' online user I spoke to over the weekend hates them, parents, kids and kid-free alike, but claim their accounts are too useful to ditch. These are doctors, comms specialists, wealthy small business owners - and all commercial social-media addicts.
It's bizarre. And very harmful. Like self-aware junkies, got the impression they'd be more than happy if the choice was taken away from them.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-04/disconnected/104559834
#auspol #mastodon