[kibwen]

The prior algorithm was also "inauthentic". There is nothing about anger or negative emotions that are inherently more authentic than positive emotions. And because anger tends to increase engagement (be less "bland"), algorithms tend to amplify anger artificially in order to juice their own metrics. This is why Twitter was a shithole even before Musk took over.

[rockskon]

Why do you speak as if the human condition experiences only positive or only negative emotions?

It's everything. Trying to stifle any of them leads to a bastardized experience.

And YouTube comments used to be more raw and unfiltered than the constantly-promoted rage-bait that has defined Twitter for much of the past decade.