Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by gaius 3076 days ago
An algorithm is desperately needed though

An algorithm that weaponises jealousy, FOMO and outrage will always out-monetise a benign or no algorithm at all, over any financially viable timescale. The algo doesn’t “know” of course. It just knows that showing you X has historically made you spend longer on the site than Y.

The only way to win is not to play.