As a person who has worked with algorithms (albeit for trading not socials) this answer resonates with me. A huge issue with this debate is the fact that people don’t want to admit the solution is giving up something they value…they want every other kind of fix except the one that actually makes a difference.
Second, I recently was musing on what I think is a different issue: most people prefer one social over all others as a primary. These each have very different methods of engagement, cultures, ideologies, technologies, populations, etc. at a higher level than algorithms, are the multitude of platforms driving wedges into the social fabric? I see the social war content as less important (or perhaps the glue uniting the field of social media) than the fact that everyone is simply veering away from the means of communicating universally.
This is a bit half-baked but seems appropriate in this thread. Perhaps it’s a reflection of Jonathan Haidt’s Tower of Babel metaphor.
As a person who has worked with algorithms (albeit for trading not socials) this answer resonates with me. A huge issue with this debate is the fact that people don’t want to admit the solution is giving up something they value…they want every other kind of fix except the one that actually makes a difference.
Second, I recently was musing on what I think is a different issue: most people prefer one social over all others as a primary. These each have very different methods of engagement, cultures, ideologies, technologies, populations, etc. at a higher level than algorithms, are the multitude of platforms driving wedges into the social fabric? I see the social war content as less important (or perhaps the glue uniting the field of social media) than the fact that everyone is simply veering away from the means of communicating universally.
This is a bit half-baked but seems appropriate in this thread. Perhaps it’s a reflection of Jonathan Haidt’s Tower of Babel metaphor.