Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy
by sa1 on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:34PM
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You do not necessarily need a separate metric, you can filter out toxic content from other engaging content.
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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy
by q-big on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:36PM
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> you can filter out toxic content from other engaging content.
If this is your stance: what algorithm do you propose to separate content that is "toxic" from content that is "non-toxic"?
I'm not taking a stance, just pointing out that there does not need to be any single metric you need to optimise for.
Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy
by spookthesunset on Thursday July 28, 2022 @12:47PM
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Who gets to define what “toxic content” is? Is the Great Barrington Declaration toxic? How about studies that show masks might not work? How about public sourced data showing the IFR of Covid was nowhere near what “the experts” modeled early on?
The owners of the space can make those decisions, and the users can provide feedback, just like it happens now. There's no static status quo where everybody's happy, just like there's no static society.