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Re:Facebook deliberately made people sad. This ought to be t... by secondcoming on Saturday April 17, 2021 @06:04PM (#26847837)
It's not just algorithms, MSM do this too. 'Fear sells'
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Re:Facebook deliberately made people sad. This ought to be t... by smsm42 on Saturday April 17, 2021 @08:26PM (#26848686)
If it bleeds, it leads. That was invented long before social media and ML social manipulation algorithms.
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