Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on...
by raxxorrax on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:18AM
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Twitter was far more interesting when trends were actually real instead of prescriptive topics someone wants you to show interest in.
Now it is a mix that many regard as repulsive by default.
Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on...
by loopz on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:47AM
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The problem is many get hooked and duped by manipulators of the platforms. That's self-destructive.
Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on...
by raxxorrax on Thursday July 15, 2021 @05:18AM
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Agreed. It is one of the worst types of scam and people get taken advantage off. But if you exile Alex Jones, you also exile its users and their ability to get out of there is severely dimmed.
"There must be some truth to what he says if he gets that much backlash" is always a convincing argument. I don't even mean that ironically.
Better have that in the open because on the internet there will always be at least one person that disagrees with any view that is espoused.
If they just made a simple chat app your metaphor would hold but they are directly responsible because they choose which content is shown and which isn’t.