by ca98am79 on 9/8/24, 1:23 PM with 10 comments
by api on 9/8/24, 1:53 PM
Algorithmic social media works like this. Two people walk past you. One says "hi." The other smears themselves with peanut butter and feathers and starts clucking like a chicken and saluting Hitler. Which one maximizes engagement? Social media is a space where interactions are prioritized by an algorithm that will only show you that and will source a steady stream of chicken clucking Nazis from the entire world to make sure your feed is full of it.
The very earliest social media showed you chronological feeds of your friends. That was actual social media. It all went to hell when algorithmically sorted timelines were introduced and it's been downhill since.
by aSithLord on 9/8/24, 2:41 PM