72% of Americans say social media companies have too much political influence

Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by raxxorrax on Friday July 24, 2020 @06:14AM (#23937715)

To be honest, I like some of those bubbles. I have much more trouble of finding value in engaging in some sanitized, corporate, mainstream, pop culture that looks like the abused child of advertisers, special interest and propaganda.

Yes, some are insular and don't really develop if that is your thing, but you can always have multiple bubbles.

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by Nasrudith on Friday July 24, 2020 @07:08AM (#23938044)

I tried logged out youtube without initalization and the value just plain wasn't there. Even a bad day for it was far superior to the generic mass market lowest common denominator schlock. Which I suppose demonstrates why old media lost.

Their approach was rather one size fits most with many lowest common denominator. Discovery is a damn useful service which is kind of obvious in retrospect with reviewers and guides being something people pay for.

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by whywhywhywhy on Friday July 24, 2020 @08:15AM (#23938555)

I can't stand algorithmic timelines, obsessively keep Twitter on latest mode even when it automatically tries to trick you back with the "You're back home" nonsense.

Never thought I'd be one of those people but I'm ashamed to say YouTube had got me now, think it's a combination that it just seems to really know what you'd enjoy watching and the fact the default logged out versions content is so painfully bad that I'd never want to engage with that version of YouTube anyway.

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