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Re:Protect me from what I want by XorNot on Monday November 28, 2022 @05:20PM (#33780689)
The sentiment I've heard a lot is "I'm not clicking on that, it'll take weeks to undo the damage to my recommendations".
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Re:Protect me from what I want by rchaud on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @11:07AM (#33789298)
How many average users are even aware of this?

It took until 2021 for people to figure out that quote-tweeting politician hot takes to dunk on them, actually helped politicians' reach because Twitter counted it as engagement.

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Re:Protect me from what I want by SideburnsOfDoom on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @07:12AM (#33799638)
> How many average users are even aware of this?

An increasing number, but still very low. And awareness in itself won't solve the issue entirely. This is why the "you are to blame" sentiment is to an extent blaming the victims.

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