Re:twitter/the-algorithm
by mistermann on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:16PM
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Absolutely agree with what you say, but I wanted to pick a nit here:
> Being pedantic about whether or not this happens in an SQL query, or across multiple codebases, or by region, doesn't escape the question.
Actually, epistemic ~"muddying of the waters" is a well proven technique to control perceptions and public discourse. If it works on HN folks, I expect it would work much more easily on amateurs.
> Being pedantic about whether or not this happens in an SQL query, or across multiple codebases, or by region, doesn't escape the question.
Actually, epistemic ~"muddying of the waters" is a well proven technique to control perceptions and public discourse. If it works on HN folks, I expect it would work much more easily on amateurs.