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Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by tantalor on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:21PM (#26171958)
> any algorithm that isn't human-readable should be banned

There's existing a term for people with this view:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

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Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by danielheath on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:41PM (#26172174)
You refer to the activists who successfully protected their quality of life by refusing to let someone else use technology to ruin it.

An apt comparison.

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Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:16PM (#26172559)
I'm sorry I have to tell you this, but they were not successful.
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Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by danielheath on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @07:26PM (#26173814)
The luddites obtained numerous concessions and retired comfortable. Not clear how that’s unsuccessful.
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