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Wh00ster t1_j1q2usn wrote

It’s effectively saying we should hide all the crazy qanon and also uber leftists posts from feeds.

Anything that makes people upset should be down ranked and we should be shown things that make us believe the world is fine.

Not sure what’s worse.

> Prioritize content that’s popular among disparate user groups

> Correct misconceptions

> Design better user interfaces

I really don’t think these are things people want, but I’m happy to be wrong

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ss_221 t1_j1qflf3 wrote

Its contradictory cause everything on Social Media is built on top of an oversimplistic foundation of collecting Likes and Followers.

What that Like/View/Click/Upvote/Follower Count signals to different people is very different. So naturally there is going to be misunderstandings. Which keeps building with time. Who wants to see someone they have no respect for accumulating a ton of Likes and Followers? Its an unnecessary provocation.

On slashdot for example, they cap how many Likes you can collect and add another layer of signalling. They dont just show people the Like Count next to a comment. Users are also able to tag the comment as Offtopic, Flamebait, Troll, Redundant, Insightful, Interesting, Informative, Funny, Overrated, Underrated etc etc. These kinds of experiments have to happen more.

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Feudamonia t1_j1sizqf wrote

>crazy qanon and also uber leftists posts

You forgot the alt-right...

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