Re:Meta sued for social media addiction caused by its algorithm
by micromacrofoot on Friday June 10, 2022 @10:02AM
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Personally I find social media so addicting that the only thing I could do is quit entirely. I occasionally have to use TikTok for trend research, and it's shockingly addicting... to the point where I think the algorithm should be legally required to be publicly accessible or explained in some plain language way (to some extent, there are a lot of logistical hurdles).
Re:Meta sued for social media addiction caused by its algorithm
by oblio on Friday June 10, 2022 @08:51AM
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It's also data scientists, computer scientists, and plenty of other folks in fields which are considered "hard sciences", that are working together with the psychologists.
Plus, if it's "only" 20% of people we lose to these addictions, that's still a major tragedy.
The dig at psychologists was funny, but this is a super serious topic, unfortunately.
People with little to no self-control stand no chance, but there are many people I’m sure that would survive psychologists, especially knowing that they work in a field where almost nothing is reproducible :)