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Re:Repealing Section 230 won’t do what anyone wants by upbeat_general on Sunday March 14, 2021 @01:01PM (#26456811)
In your view does this apply to all algorithms or just ones that discriminate based on the content itself (ie use content as an input).

If the algorithm simply prioritizes say the most upvoted comment, is that the same? Or how about prioritizes the most watched/liked video?

I ask this because it’s basically impossible to not prioritize content unless a website is a mere directory of user information with no search box. Where do you think the distinction lies between being responsible for user engagement and not?

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Re:Repealing Section 230 won’t do what anyone wants by bobthepanda on Sunday March 14, 2021 @01:09PM (#26456878)
Any promotion of content without the user explicitly asking for it should be considered as an endorsement.

People can search for things they want to follow if they want too. It is crazy, logging back into Facebook, how far it has gone away from the chronological feed of your friends that it started off as.

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Re:Repealing Section 230 won’t do what anyone wants by pessimizer on Sunday March 14, 2021 @01:13PM (#26456910)
> If the algorithm simply prioritizes say the most upvoted comment, is that the same? Or how about prioritizes the most watched/liked video?

This used to be handled by the user clicking a button that said "sort by most votes" or the top of a column called "votes." Now it's a mystery how to handle that no one could possibly know how to do.

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