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General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on October 13, 2024, 08:58:43 AM

Title: How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 13, 2024, 08:58:43 AM

This is a good article covering the impact algorithms have on what we see on social media, and how that effectively means that what appears to be free speech ends up being controlled.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8e4p4z97eo

Title: Re: How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?
Post by: ekim on October 13, 2024, 10:05:48 AM

Resistance is futile.  You Will be assimilated.

Title: Re: How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 13, 2024, 10:14:32 AM

Quote from: ekim on October 13, 2024, 10:05:48 AM

Resistance is futile.  You Will be assimilated.

To be fair, it's just that we look at these issues more closely than we did with things like print and video media. Or perhaps we were more willing to accept that we were making a conscious choice in what paper to but, whereas here it's done for us.