Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on...
by sebzim4500 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:47AM
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I think the impact of Twitter on public discourse is massively overstated. Facebook and Youtube are both way more significant.
In general I think platforms where you the user explicitly indicates their interest are less socially destructive than ones where an algorithm guesses. At least that way you are aware of what bubble you are in, and can relatively easily see what other people are seeing. On Facebook there is basically no way to do this.
Unfortunately social networking sites in the latter category are much more profitable, hence why e.g. reddit is moving in that direction.
In general I think platforms where you the user explicitly indicates their interest are less socially destructive than ones where an algorithm guesses. At least that way you are aware of what bubble you are in, and can relatively easily see what other people are seeing. On Facebook there is basically no way to do this.
Unfortunately social networking sites in the latter category are much more profitable, hence why e.g. reddit is moving in that direction.