• TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, I’m surprised the algorithm doesn’t start with more benign stuff. The best tuned algorithms start with low-controversy popular content, like pictures of cats, then slowly as it learns about the user begins introducing personal interests and rage bait depending on what the user interacts with.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, that really is pretty surprising. Haven’t used Threads myself since I’m in the EU and I have zero interest in it, but this is pretty normal social media stuff. I’d understand it if Meta was some “two people and a dog” company, but it’s Meta. I figure that a nontrivial amount of corners was cut, considering they couldn’t even launch in the EU