Other people in this thread have already posted links to The Toxoplasma Of Rage by Slate Star Codex and This Video Will Make You Angry by CGP Grey, so I’ll just complete the set with You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you by The Oatmeal:
Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
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Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#82My feed is primarily ski videos, sports highlights, and memes. Facebook even explains exactly why this is happening with a message above each post saying I'm seeing this because it's "Similar to Posts You've Interacted With."
If you don't want to see Fox News articles, unfollow Fox News or stop interacting with them.
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#83why is fox news “angry” yet i’m sure feeds full of aoc and black lives matter would be considered woke. Biased article. The anger is very prevalent with both sides.
“Angry” is the new “Dark”.
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#84Fox News dominates ratings on TV so its not surprising they'd be #1 - there's also the fact this is "engagements" and not click-throughs. I'd wager good 15% of these are probably people clicking "Angry" not actually engaging. If you look at "content with the most shares" not surprisingly Reuters and Patch tops the list. OP's headline presumes any algorithm should achieve left/right balance - this is just impossible.…
So people tell me Breitbart is a propaganda machine financed by political manipulators, but Fox is certainly run like a business. What is Fox doing to make their content free that NYT and WSJ can't t?
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted.
Have a gander at comedian Jimmy Dore's take on Rachel Maddow: https://www.youtube.com/user/TYTComedy/search?query=Rachel+M... Jimmy is a Bernie guy by the way, not a Trump guy. I recommend any Democrat who is confident in their beliefs to spend some time watching him to see if your information feed might be overlooking some information or perspectives. EDIT: it's interesting, although not surprising, that simply offe…
This is an environment filled with people who believe adding a prefix or suffix to Capitalism somehow makes a good Capitalism. Thinking outside of boxes only happens offline, contrary to everything the cult believes.
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#86I wish it could be made illegal to optimise for engagement. “Engagement” their acceptable replacement word for what they really want to optimise for: Addiction.
Polarisation is how Google, Facebook and Twitter manage to be popular platforms. It's nothing more than returning the results that you want are searching.
What these platforms need is transparency and a web of trust pretty much the same as distributed version control systems. Look at Linux and how the source is managed, it would be a good model for social media in combination with blockchain for engagement.
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#87Fox News dominates ratings on TV so its not surprising they'd be #1 - there's also the fact this is "engagements" and not click-throughs. I'd wager good 15% of these are probably people clicking "Angry" not actually engaging. If you look at "content with the most shares" not surprisingly Reuters and Patch tops the list. OP's headline presumes any algorithm should achieve left/right balance - this is just impossible.…
So people tell me Breitbart is a propaganda machine financed by political manipulators, but Fox is certainly run like a business. What is Fox doing to make their content free that NYT and WSJ can't t?
People believe that paying higher costs for something mean it is of higher value than that which is free. "You get what you pay for." But if you disagree with the content of a site, why would you pay for it in the first place?
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#88Fox News dominates ratings on TV so its not surprising they'd be #1 - there's also the fact this is "engagements" and not click-throughs. I'd wager good 15% of these are probably people clicking "Angry" not actually engaging. If you look at "content with the most shares" not surprisingly Reuters and Patch tops the list. OP's headline presumes any algorithm should achieve left/right balance - this is just impossible.…
So people tell me Breitbart is a propaganda machine financed by political manipulators, but Fox is certainly run like a business. What is Fox doing to make their content free that NYT and WSJ can't t?
paywalls probably a huge part of it. I dont click paywalled sites
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted.
Have a gander at comedian Jimmy Dore's take on Rachel Maddow: https://www.youtube.com/user/TYTComedy/search?query=Rachel+M... Jimmy is a Bernie guy by the way, not a Trump guy. I recommend any Democrat who is confident in their beliefs to spend some time watching him to see if your information feed might be overlooking some information or perspectives. EDIT: it's interesting, although not surprising, that simply offe…
i definitely agree you should not be downvoted for offering an alternative perspective
Re: Facebook’s algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated News Feed
#90Fox News dominates ratings on TV so its not surprising they'd be #1 - there's also the fact this is "engagements" and not click-throughs. I'd wager good 15% of these are probably people clicking "Angry" not actually engaging. If you look at "content with the most shares" not surprisingly Reuters and Patch tops the list. OP's headline presumes any algorithm should achieve left/right balance - this is just impossible.…
So people tell me Breitbart is a propaganda machine financed by political manipulators, but Fox is certainly run like a business. What is Fox doing to make their content free that NYT and WSJ can't t?
Being owned and funded by right-wing billionaires.