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Re:A society without a counterculture? by wallfacer120 on Saturday May 28, 2022 @04:32PM (#31543542)
What do you think that the "algorithms" are hiding from you? Do you think that anti-corporate and ultra left wing content is censored on Twitter?
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Re:A society without a counterculture? by widjit on Saturday May 28, 2022 @05:06PM (#31543857)
Maybe it isn't, maybe it is; the point is you would never know what you're not being shown.
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Re:A society without a counterculture? by Forge36 on Sunday May 29, 2022 @10:39AM (#31549485)
Exactly. If everything I hear about requires a plane ticket I miss all the cool things in a 60 minute drive.
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Re:A society without a counterculture? by Forge36 on Sunday May 29, 2022 @10:38AM (#31549479)
It's not hiding something, it's showing popular content more often. The intent wasn't to limit discussions to politics. Think locality of news. Do I need to know what's happening in New York or my current city? While my current city isn't big and thus "not as popular" decisions made locally can have a larger impact on me.
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