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Re:How Shadow Banning Can Silently Shift Opinion Online by vasco on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:31PM (#40430609)
This specific thread is about children. Children might also want to drink alcohol but we have laws against that.

If there's a need to provably ensure kids are not being influenced by algorithm, I think my solution works. Making social media less engaging for children is something I'm fine with. Adults can have whatever experience they want.

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Re:How Shadow Banning Can Silently Shift Opinion Online by cortesoft on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:42PM (#40430744)
It seems strange to me to think that the algorithm is the only issue with kids and social media.
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Re:How Shadow Banning Can Silently Shift Opinion Online by vasco on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @12:47PM (#40430807)
I don't, but this is what this topic is about. Open another one and I can share my opinions about that. I don't even think "publishing algorithms" is feasible, so my point is if you want to do this for adults, I disagree, if you want to do it for children, I don't disagree, but would rather just simplify the experience for them because its easier to prove the mechanism.
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