A lot of people think chronological feed + boosting is “non-algorithmic” but I think that kind of feed privileges stuff that makes people get angry and boost. The same people would say the “explore” feed on Mastodon which shows the most boosted and liked content is wholesome too. I guess if you think being angry all the time is your moral responsibility you would. The rest of us wouldn’t.
To me a good algorithm would be: if OCR reveals text in an image make it disappear (usually the people are angry) if a video looks like an instagram reel with meaningless motion that causes motion sickness make it disappear. I don’t think everyone would agree!
What does “algorithmic feed” really mean?
A lot of people think chronological feed + boosting is “non-algorithmic” but I think that kind of feed privileges stuff that makes people get angry and boost. The same people would say the “explore” feed on Mastodon which shows the most boosted and liked content is wholesome too. I guess if you think being angry all the time is your moral responsibility you would. The rest of us wouldn’t.
To me a good algorithm would be: if OCR reveals text in an image make it disappear (usually the people are angry) if a video looks like an instagram reel with meaningless motion that causes motion sickness make it disappear. I don’t think everyone would agree!
Yes, but think of the shareholders
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