How does anyone know how the algorithm is bending perception of
people's posts?

I want a social network that shows a chronological list of posts from
people I choose to follow. Is that so hard?

Sort of like a BBS? ;) I am not certain why that is so difficult but it apparently is. I also like things in chronological order.

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Sort of like a BBS? ;) I am not certain why that is so difficult but
it apparently is. I also like things in chronological order.

You can't make as much money selling ads when people don't see directed
posts. FaceTwitter can sell ads by saying we'll target your ads at 2nd
amendment, furry wearing Firefly fans in the midwest, create an ad
stream, and make more money than if they couldn't target ads.

I'm sure there's some editorial direction happening there - boosting
posts on one side of a political argument, dampening the other side's
posts, etc.

Interesting because there were so many arguments about Section 230 of
the Communications Decency Act, which grants online platforms immunity
from user-posted content - as long as they make a good-faith effort in
restricting offensive material.

It used to be that if a platform could argue that they didn't (or by
nature of the amount of content, couldn't) exert any editorial control
over their content, they could be found not liable, that they had
common carrier status. Cubby vs. Compuserve (1991) was a case that
resonated with BBSes back then.

We responded by not deleting anything. :)






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