A loss could cost social media companies billions and force changes on platforms.
  • IronBird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    417·
    il y a 1 mois

    news networks have been doing this same pretty much since they’ve existed

    • RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.todayEnglish
      301·
      il y a 1 mois

      No, news networks are not algorithmically curating content specifically for each individual person, based on personal traits that they record based on usage.

      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        il y a 1 mois

        Yes they are. That’s what Fox news does. It curates content specifically for their wacky users.

        Whether they use an “algorithm” or not is a meaningless difference based on luddism.

        • RipLemmDotEE@lemmy.todayEnglish
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          il y a 1 mois

          Fox is curating content for their viewer base as a whole.

          Corporate social media is targeting each individual user based on their identity and preferences.

          While similar, they are not the same.

    • porcoesphino@mander.xyzEnglish
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      il y a 1 mois

      Humans have been killing each other as long as we’ve existed isn’t an argument to avoid trying to make it happen less

      • IronBird@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        il y a 1 mois

        just saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits…repealed under Clinton iirc

        • pipi1234@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          il y a 1 mois

          Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.

          In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn’t manipulate things at all before.

          • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            il y a 1 mois

            Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.

            Yes tools like TikTok that libs lobbied to hand to fascists. Now they want more of the same.

        • porcoesphino@mander.xyzEnglish
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          il y a 1 mois

          Yeah, by memory Rupert Murdoch had his hand at that and in Aus and the UK. I’d love to see that reined in again too

      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        il y a 1 mois

        Murder =/= social media.

        It’s pretty sad that I have to say this. People are really losing their minds of this “social media” hype.