Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over

Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by aeternum on Thursday August 29, 2024 @01:30PM (#41393231)

Open-source the algorithm and have users choose. A marketplace is the best solution to most problems.

It is pretty clear that china already forces a very different tiktok ranking algo for kids within the country vs outside the country. Forcing a single algo is pretty unamerican though and can easily be abused, let's instead open it up.

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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by kelnos on Thursday August 29, 2024 @01:41PM (#41393354)

80% of users will leave things at the default setting, or "choose" whatever the first thing in the list is. They won't understand the options; they'll just want to see their news feed.

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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by aeternum on Thursday August 29, 2024 @03:47PM (#41394598)

I'm not so sure, the feed is quite important and users understand that. Look at how many people switched between X and Threads given their political view. People switched off Reddit or cancelled their FB account at times in the past also.

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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by kfajdsl on Thursday August 29, 2024 @04:07PM (#41394778)

I'm pretty sure going from X to Threads had very little to do with the feed algorithm for most people. It had everything to do with one platform being run by Musk and the other one not.

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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by mindslight on Thursday August 29, 2024 @05:31PM (#41395505)

"Open-source the algorithm" would be at best openwashing. The way to create the type of choice you're thinking is to force the unbundling of client software from hosting services.

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