• Sarmyth@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    Really benign obvious thoughts don’t spur engagement. The fringe political viewpoints cause comments and shares and therefor will always look like the only things people are talking about when your method of interacting with content is molded by an algorithm designed to increase engagement to support advertising revenue.

    Sounds tin foil hat, but it’s actually by design as none of these companies are even remotely non-profit.

    Edit: spelling