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A comment on 'You are no longer my mother': How the election is dividing American families. Parent comment

Re:'You are no longer my mother': How the election is dividi... by blhack on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:38AM (#24968543)
In my nieces school (public school in Phoenix) they had to watch “the social dilemma” and write about it.

I was trying to explain to her how tik tok, Instagram etc. will try to influence her thinking, and she was basically like “Uncle Ryan yes I know. It’s an algorithm that wants to make you mad. We learned about it in school.”

I was proud.

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Re:'You are no longer my mother': How the election is dividi... by raxxorrax on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:25AM (#24969791)
It still does work if you know about it and still use the service.
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Re:'You are no longer my mother': How the election is dividi... by smt88 on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:18PM (#24972699)
People should be free to allow themselves to be enraged by an algorithm if they want to, just as they should be free to drink alcohol.

My problems with social media are that they aren't transparent about the rage-inducing nature of their algorithms and that they are monopolies. Those of us who want to opt out of the rage are also forced to opt out of our online friends and families.

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