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“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial (arstechnica.com)
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[+] -13 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

news networks have been doing this same pretty much since they've existed

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    No, news networks are not algorithmically curating content specifically for each individual person, based on personal traits that they record based on usage.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Yes they are. That's what Fox news does. It curates content specifically for their wacky users.

    Whether they use an "algorithm" or not is a meaningless difference based on luddism.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Fox is curating content for their viewer base as a whole.

    Corporate social media is targeting each individual user based on their identity and preferences.

    While similar, they are not the same.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Humans have been killing each other as long as we've existed isn't an argument to avoid trying to make it happen less

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    just saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits...repealed under Clinton iirc

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.

    In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn't manipulate things at all before.

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