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My $0.02 is that it is a shift from ad-driven approaches (as in showing ads) to consensus shaping approaches that focus on data mining.
The huge quantities of bad actors -- idiots, assholes, paid trolls, blatant propagandists -- also requires mitigation.
We've had locks and walled gardens for hundreds of years, and human nature hasn't changed. No surprise the same thing is happening on the intrawebs.
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My $0.02 is that it is a shift from ad-driven approaches (as in showing ads) to consensus shaping approaches that focus on data mining.
The huge quantities of bad actors -- idiots, assholes, paid trolls, blatant propagandists -- also requires mitigation.
We've had locks and walled gardens for hundreds of years, and human nature hasn't changed. No surprise the same thing is happening on the intrawebs.