:reddit-logo:'s algorithim is literally pushing content that will get people sick. They're making a global pandemic even worse.
:reddit-logo:'s algorithim is literally pushing content that will get people sick. They're making a global pandemic even worse.
Just beyond fucked. 1,700 people read that and thought "yes".
Not with how reddit works. It subtracts downvotes from the total, which means likely hundreds of more people than the 1,700 read that and thought "yes"
Also for a long time now, one upvote by a user does not equal one upvote on a post. They have some weird algorithm now to calculate the upvotes once it starts getting over a few hundred
Which comes in handy when you need cover for why every "US enemy bad" post gets 10k upvotes with all the comments either removed or debunking it
This is the natural result of a for-profit healthcare system that makes people wary of medical settings/advice, and lack of funding in schools and piss poor critical thinking education
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