Posted on 09/13/2021 7:24:55 AM PDT by devane617
Facebook has been quietly experimenting with reducing the amount of political content it puts in users' news feeds. The move is a tacit acknowledgment that the way the company's algorithms work can be a problem.
The heart of the matter is the distinction between provoking a response and providing content people want. Social media algorithms—the rules their computers follow in deciding the content that you see—rely heavily on people's behavior to make these decisions. In particular, they watch for content that people respond to or "engage" with by liking, commenting and sharing.
As a computer scientist who studies the ways large numbers of people interact using technology, I understand the logic of using the wisdom of the crowds in these algorithms. I also see substantial pitfalls in how the social media companies do so in practice.
(Excerpt) Read more at techxplore.com ...
If social media brainwashing worked, Deep State wouldn’t need to steal elections, would it?
Consider the source.
Techxplore is owned by this bunch...
https://sciencex.com/help/about-us/
Nuff said.
There's great video "A Killing Of The Mind" by 'Academy of Ideas' about those who become part of a Mass Psychosis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09maaUaRT4M
Sorry, those videos with a hand scribbling cartoons are unwatchable. I get distracted watching the hand fly all over the place and absorb none of the content. Too bad the authors didn’t write an article about Mass Psychosis rather than contributing to it with the fast-moving hand.
Another sign of a nationally declining intellect.
“Another sign of a nationally declining intellect.”
I couldn’t agree more. Unfortunately, our kids and grandkids are taught that stuff in elementary school. Creating a banal splashy audio/video “report” has become far more important than the hard work of writing and editing to a finished, polished, intellectual product.
why did you excerpt this?
Either
Just say “No I won’t marry you”.
Or scale by social media after getting engaged.
The most prophetic movie ever made.
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