[jancsika]

> Instead of pretending they don't make choices, they should be introspective and thoughtful about the criteria they are using to make those choices.

They're stuck, however, because many of the people who bought into the myth of objective, non-biased algorithms have gone down the rabbit hole of the garbage recommended by those algorithms. To those users, attempts to cull the garbage will be interpreted as censorship.

Add to that there is no way to improve the recommendation systems (from an ethical standpoint of "improve") without hurting engagement.

Add to that HN's allergy to government regulation.

It's going to be quite a rollercoaster ride over the next few years. :)