Yes, social media is undermining democracy

Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by collegeburner on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:08PM (#32268103)

except recommendation platforms are more popular all the time. ppl will choose the algo feed bc they like it more. idk why but everybody is taking america off the hook for wanting toxic shit and gravitating to it. its at least half a demand side problem.

if u want an example: tiktok has the for you page (algo discovery) and the following page (just ppl u follow). its the fyp where ppl spend time.

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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by _aavaa_ on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:31PM (#32268393)

I can't respond to the child comment, so I'll reply here. The "type everything out" must be a generational/cultural thing. Because when I read your comment I literally did not realize you used words like "ppl". I automatically expanded it to people when reading it

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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by dorfsmay on Thursday July 28, 2022 @03:28PM (#32269073)

If that's true, why is twitter making it so difficult (and more difficult over time) to see only content you follow, and Facebook making it impossible?

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Re:Yes, social media is undermining democracy by BitwiseFool on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:25PM (#32268334)

Please type out your words in full, using so much texting shorthand significantly detracts from what you are trying to say.

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