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Re:The Twitter Algorithm by krapp on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:25PM (#35392138)
I don't believe echo chambers are nefarious - there's no hidden agenda involved with them. That's just how recommendation algorithms work, and it's what most people want.

But if someone finds some code that suppresses recommendations from a specific political ideology across the board, that would be nefarious, IMO.

Re:The Twitter Algorithm by thfuran on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:32PM (#35392261)
Echo chambers may not be nefarious, but they are insidious.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm by krapp on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:12PM (#35394399)
They can be if they're involuntary and inescapable, but neither is the case for Twitter. It's designed around letting you curate your own feed, but it also constantly throws random stuff in through retweets and quote tweets - which is what people hate the most about the platform.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm by ClumsyPilot on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:18PM (#35393798)
I don't believe discrimination is nefarious - there is no hidden agenda involved. That's just how societies work, it's natural behaviour - to belong to a group they identify with and to keep out strangers and weirdos.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm by kodah on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:05PM (#35394307)
This comment likely violates the guidelines both in form and content.
Re:The Twitter Algorithm by krapp on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:15PM (#35394433)
I don't believe repeating someone's comment nearly verbatim is as clever as you want it to be, nor do I believe recommendation algorithms are equivalent to the kinds of societal discrimination you allude to, nor would any reasonable person.

Instead of trying very hard to be clever, please next time try just as hard to make a valid point. I know it can be difficult when you think you smell karma in the water but do try.

Re:The Twitter Algorithm by yazzku on Friday March 31, 2023 @06:10PM (#35394378)
The echo chamber in your first point does the suppression in the second.