yay now you have to watch the whole video to tell if it's a scam/troll/shitty tutorial, at least capeshit movie trailers won't be downvoted anymore

  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    you know what sucks the most, in my opinion? it's not that we won't get to see if it's a shitty video straight away, or if the chuds are brigading it or anything like that... it's just the fact that this is 100% going to somehow change online discourse, and who the fuck knows how

    it's like they're just pulling levers in this giant radicalization machine, and all we can do is hope that this doesn't have the same shitty consequences as their long tail thought bubble algorithm bullshit

      • DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]
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        3 years ago

        Absolutely, I think one the big obstacle for many leftists creators is the fear of chuds brigading their vids. Now with the dislike invincible not only it would help their self esteem, it'll also allow them to freely purge the comment section.

    • Jeff_Benzos [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      long tail thought bubble algorithm bullshit

      What does this mean

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        The filter-bubble is a term used for the way the content you consume online is used to tailor the content directed at you, especially by large entities like Google and Facebook and Amazon. It magnifies biases in feedback loops, creates sortitions of people online, and even leads to the point where two people can find completely conflicting things from the same search query, based on how the algorithm analyzes you.

        The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser is a very good read. It lays out many social dynamics of the Web today, including advertising and social media and third-party tracking.

      • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        honestly, I'm just tossing random algorithm marketing buzzwords around to make a point of how this is all techbro mumbo jumbo, but despite my dislike for the NYT, there's some interesting stuff about right wing radicalization in their rabbit hole podcast, you might want to check it out: https://www.nytimes.com/column/rabbit-hole