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by Cyberdogs7 1220 days ago
As someone that has worked within one of these orgs, it's because the recommendation system has been captured by contract negotiations and forced merchandising. You are not seeing things they think you would like. You are seeing the things they want you to watch.
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I find this very interesting that the orgs allow this to go as far as making my experience so miserable that I consider leaving the platforms. I guess it’sa slippery slope and provably also metrics that are chosen to hide my increasing disinterest …
everything old is new again https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola