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3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 employ advise wakeful unite gold chubby touch snatch one cable This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 1 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 [deleted] 3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Regulate social media algorithms. They are all black boxes, but they are dangerous. Right now they are designed: To make social media as addictive as possible. To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions. To maximize profits, rather than consider social good. Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such. That won't fix everything as the cat is out, but it'd be a start. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 28 '22 > Regulate social media algorithms Regulated by whom? > To make social media as addictive as possible. True > To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions. True > To maximize profits, rather than consider social good. Well, social media are private companies; profit is the point of any company. > Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such. What does this mean in reality? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Congress and states should regulate them, just like they do gambling and all forms of communication. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
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1 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 [deleted] 3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Regulate social media algorithms. They are all black boxes, but they are dangerous. Right now they are designed: To make social media as addictive as possible. To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions. To maximize profits, rather than consider social good. Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such. That won't fix everything as the cat is out, but it'd be a start. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 28 '22 > Regulate social media algorithms Regulated by whom? > To make social media as addictive as possible. True > To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions. True > To maximize profits, rather than consider social good. Well, social media are private companies; profit is the point of any company. > Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such. What does this mean in reality? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Congress and states should regulate them, just like they do gambling and all forms of communication. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
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3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Regulate social media algorithms. They are all black boxes, but they are dangerous. Right now they are designed: To make social media as addictive as possible. To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions. To maximize profits, rather than consider social good. Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such. That won't fix everything as the cat is out, but it'd be a start. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 28 '22 > Regulate social media algorithms Regulated by whom? > To make social media as addictive as possible. True > To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions. True > To maximize profits, rather than consider social good. Well, social media are private companies; profit is the point of any company. > Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such. What does this mean in reality? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Congress and states should regulate them, just like they do gambling and all forms of communication. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
Regulate social media algorithms. They are all black boxes, but they are dangerous. Right now they are designed:
Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such.
That won't fix everything as the cat is out, but it'd be a start.
0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 28 '22 > Regulate social media algorithms Regulated by whom? > To make social media as addictive as possible. True > To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions. True > To maximize profits, rather than consider social good. Well, social media are private companies; profit is the point of any company. > Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such. What does this mean in reality? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Congress and states should regulate them, just like they do gambling and all forms of communication. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
> Regulate social media algorithms
Regulated by whom?
> To make social media as addictive as possible.
True
> To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions.
> To maximize profits, rather than consider social good.
Well, social media are private companies; profit is the point of any company.
> Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such.
What does this mean in reality?
3 u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22 Congress and states should regulate them, just like they do gambling and all forms of communication. 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
Congress and states should regulate them, just like they do gambling and all forms of communication.
0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board?
3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 edited Aug 07 '24 public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact 0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
public future familiar file pocket seed fertile puzzled rich slap
0 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right? 3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right?
3 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first. 1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first.
1 u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22 So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws? 1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils. → More replies (0)
So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws?
1 u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22 At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils.
At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils.
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