Re:The Downfall of Reddit – Why Reddit Sucks, and How to Fix It
by renewiltord on Monday March 14, 2022 @06:58PM
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I suppose, in some way, I agree but I think you can't stop people posting junk. You have to just help people extract value out of the junk.
So I don't disagree that techniques can improve quality. I just think the big bang for the buck is in the read layer.
Also, I believe that the most popular posts on Facebook are the ones like "Can you solve this math problem? 4x3-2=?" and stuff like that, so you overestimate how much quality matters to the bottom line which means that platforms are not incentivized to improve quality (not out of some evilness but out of pure economic incentives).
So I don't disagree that techniques can improve quality. I just think the big bang for the buck is in the read layer.
Also, I believe that the most popular posts on Facebook are the ones like "Can you solve this math problem? 4x3-2=?" and stuff like that, so you overestimate how much quality matters to the bottom line which means that platforms are not incentivized to improve quality (not out of some evilness but out of pure economic incentives).