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by square_usual
2221 days ago
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> Cults and conspiracies flourished long before FB's existence, as they will after The problem is that Facebook's algorithms are directly helping those cults grow by polarising people, as stated in the linked article: > Worse was Facebook’s realization that its algorithms were responsible for their growth. The 2016 presentation states that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools” and that most of the activity came from the platform’s “Groups You Should Join” and “Discover” algorithms: “Our recommendation systems grow the problem.” I'm sure we can all agree that you can't end all cults, but surely actively encouraging their growth is a bad idea. |
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