My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook Goodbye post

Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by ghaff on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:27PM (#29003302)

I take your point. But I would need more convincing that just getting rid of algorithms/recommendations/etc. would suddenly make all the problems go away.

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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by Tainnor on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:40PM (#29005984)

All? No. Conspiracy theories and disinformation existed before the internet, too.

But we can at least try to get rid of the things that make the problem worse.

Moreover, minimising hyper-addictive patterns on such platforms would have a host of other benefits too.

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Re:My interview with Steven Levy re. leaking of my Facebook ... by junon on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:48PM (#29003641)

Another part of the problem is size. Older communities were miniscule compared to the billions of users each platform has now.

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