Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by goguy on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:21PM
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There still needs to be scope for personal responsibility though. Blaming your own behaviours on the recommendation algorithm of youtube etc is just a cop out.
Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @05:33PM
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It's a copout on an individual level, but the question of who's responsible is a lot less important than the question of what we're going to do about the problem. In the absence of a plan to make millions upon millions of partisans more individually responsible, we've gotta do something about the recommendation algorithms.
Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
by NateEag on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @09:08PM
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A cop sees a guy crawling around under a streetlight and asks him, "Sir, what are you doing?"
The man replies, "Well, officer, I dropped my car keys and I'm trying to find them."
The policeman offers to help, and they search fruitlessly for ten minutes.
Finally, the officer says, "Are you sure this is where you dropped them?"
"Oh, no, it's not. I dropped them way over there in the parking lot."
Dumbfounded, the cop says, "WHY are you looking over HERE?"
"Well, the light is better over here."
Or rather, they knew the answer, but knew that it was the best way to maximize engagement and thus profit.