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Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content

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Re: Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content

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Post by chambers »

I don't trust Zuckerberg and I don't trust his motivations. That said, I think there's some truth in his words:

https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-j...

Skip the political mumbo-jumbo and go straight to page 27 to 29 of this investigation report. Internal emails show FB employees unhappy to onboard to a private takedown request portal, where Government employees would post tickets on "disinformation" that FB & other tech companies would then be obligated to police. Further, the report suggests that CISA & its proxies didn't have a legal mandate to compel FB, Twitter, and other companies to censor content, so the CISA resorted to "suggesting" they would get the FBI involved.

The entire doc has an obvious political slant, but I think it partially explains why the Stanford Internet Observatory and other proxies self-dismantled before litigation commenced.

Re: Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content

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Post by somethoughts »

object-a wrote: post #184

It's funny because Facebook's news feed in the last couple years is unusable, filled with AI slop and clickbait. Twitter similarly requires aggressive use of block + mute to eliminate scams, clickbait, and other content I'm not interested in. I don't know if this is due to their changes in moderation policy, or if AI has overwhelmed them, but I vastly preferred the old news feeds

The annoying feature of Facebook and LinkedIn is that every month or so they will suddenly wake up and clog up my feed with Suggested Posts. I actually prefer seeing Sponsored Posts versus the Suggested Posts because the quality of the Sponsored Posts is way higher than the AI generated Suggested Posts. Like I'd literally rather just see target full-blown ads versus engagement clickbait.

I actually have pretty good luck with YouTube Shorts and Reels suggesting content - perhaps because I religiously curate by blocking/disliking when possible.

Perhaps we need an adversarial AI Bot for social media that will curate people's feeds on their behalf.

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Post by MSFT_Edging »

object-a wrote: post #184

It's funny because Facebook's news feed in the last couple years is unusable, filled with AI slop and clickbait. Twitter similarly requires aggressive use of block + mute to eliminate scams, clickbait, and other content I'm not interested in. I don't know if this is due to their changes in moderation policy, or if AI has overwhelmed them, but I vastly preferred the old news feeds

I installed a plugin that essentially covers up everything but either friends' posts, or groups I've joined.

It's so funny scrolling down facebook now where every 20th black box is a post I sorta wanted to see.

Re: Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content

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Post by AlbertCory »

sangnoir wrote: post #404
AlbertCory wrote: post #288

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the gospel, for sure. However, look at the dead comments here and, for each, tell us why it would turn HN into a "cesspit."

I didn't flag any of them; I do not owe you an explanation on behalf of the flaggers. Conversely - why didn't you vouch for each of the dead comments, if they are so great?

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Re: Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressure on content

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Post by amelius »

diob wrote: post #381
object-a wrote: post #184

It's funny because Facebook's news feed in the last couple years is unusable, filled with AI slop and clickbait. Twitter similarly requires aggressive use of block + mute to eliminate scams, clickbait, and other content I'm not interested in. I don't know if this is due to their changes in moderation policy, or if AI has overwhelmed them, but I vastly preferred the old news feeds

My experience on all platforms is things have rapidly become slop. Quora, Facebook, Twitter, Threads. They all have a weird issue of random softcore sex stuff. I have nothing against sex content, but I do wish we could just click a button to say turn this off, like safe search. It can't be that hard to filter out all the weird shit, so I assume it makes them money.

Don't worry, soon someone here will build an "HDMI-hole" that uses AI to directly filter unwanted content from a HDMI signal.

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Post by skepticATX »

kansface wrote: post #313
andy_ppp wrote: post #109

I wonder if this is coming up just before the election because of the Harris campaign’s suggested policy of capital gains tax on unrealised gains for people who have over $100m in assets? I think this is a great idea personally given what these people are doing to avoid paying tax including taking out loans against their own share portfolios. Worth thinking about what people are willing to do to not pay billions of d…

> I think this is a great idea personally given what these people are doing to avoid paying tax I very strongly believe you to be wrong: 1. Unrealized gains is unworkable. Billionaires will spend tens or hundreds of millions yearly to avoid paying literally billions in taxes because the expected value is net positive. The IRS won't win chasing down money scattered across the globe. This is not a productive use of cap…

Why does no one read the actual proposal before commenting?

It specifically states that this only applies to individuals with 80% of their wealth in tradeable assets. No founder is going to lose control because this doesn’t apply to them!

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Post by coding123 »

hn-89019 wrote: post #368
hnpolicestate wrote: post #348

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The HN crowd is far right but they would never admit it. Most people are unaware of how political parties shift in composition and ideology over the decades. The contemporary American software engineer resembles the professional class Reagan Republicans who dominated the suburbs in the 80's and 90's.

"Far right" as measured by a hardcore leftie, maybe. If you stand against illegal immigration, criticize superficial DEI "me-too" gestures that do nothing to solve the real issues underneath, or are moderately conservative in any other way, you will have you comments routinely downvoted into oblivion and will be called a Nazi and the second coming of Hitler. Not only in this place, it has become the the norm these da…

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Post by throwway120385 »

appplication wrote: post #160
Terretta wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious, is "a ppp [lication]" an alt for "a[ndy] ppp"? Both arguing the same points at the same time is quite the Baader–Meinhof coincidence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

Perhaps more like the extra y’s in “heyyy”. Botting minor political threads on HN is a bit too afield my energy and motivation.

That's exactly what a sentient AI would say to throw us humans off the scent.

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Post by orangecat »

cempaka wrote: post #410
lp0_on_fire wrote: post #319

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> before the Immaculate Assassination Attempt Can you explain what you mean be "Immaculate Assassination Attempt"?

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This is a fine example of an insane conspiracy theory which nevertheless should not be censored.
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