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Micah
@rincewind.run

it turns out that “optimize for engagement” and “optimize for societal best outcomes” are opposing goals and if you look at the entire history of the tech industry you can see which of those two wins out

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social

Facebook back in 2021 temporarily turned off the “drive people insane” setting and it completely changed what people were seeing. They turned it back on when engagement dipped by like 1 percent.

Micah
@rincewind.run

humanity is doomed because the best way to make number go up is to make other people angry what a stupid world we live in

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Glenn Waldorf
@themetricsander.bsky.social

Okay, well then progressives REALLY need to start supporting total social media bans and major restrictions on who gets to access social media platforms. . . . . .Oh wait, EVERY SINGLE FUCKING TIME THAT EVEN VAGUELY LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES (or anywhere else