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by op03 1937 days ago
Algorithmic amplification of content is half baked. Outcomes will be random.

Algo amplification of content needs a timeout and a redesign.

Just look at HN. No one knows what will show up tomorrow morning. No one knows whether it will waste their time or be useful. Yet everyone shows up to consume the stream. And Like the SEC the mods have to react and counter react to what ever the hell happens.

If a simple HN algo amplification model has no roadmap to improvement cause no one really knows what to do about it, then to expect a roadmap to emerge in much more complex environments like Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, FB etc is delusional.

Therefore to prevent the constant periodic randomness injection into society that algo amplification of content produces, all algo amplification of all type of content should be put on hold.