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Yeah, I’ve noticed the same trend - Facebook’s recommendation algorithm seems to have gone off the rails lately. It’s aggressively pushing shocking or borderlin
by paulwilsonn 11mo ago
Yeah, I’ve noticed the same trend - Facebook’s recommendation algorithm seems to have gone off the rails lately. It’s aggressively pushing shocking or borderline content to maximize engagement. What’s scary is how subtle it’s become - it’s not explicit, but it plays on outrage or taboo just enough to keep people watching.
Feels like the platform is optimizing purely for watch time, not safety or decency anymore.
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- oulipo2 11mo agoExactly, it's using its audience as cattle and trying to push their buttons, just for more "attention time" and more clicks, to sell more ads... what a pathetic use of the brains of a generation of engineers working for this