[javascriptfan69]

The article is literally about how megacorp controlled algorithms are shaping our politics and this is your take away?

[userbinator]

The algorithms that are fed the output of the population?

[javascriptfan69]

What is this even supposed to mean?

It is considerably easier to manipulate someone if you have a lot of data about them, yes.

[vitalyan1234]

do you believe television, radio, and print were controlled by wholesome and impartial entities?

[javascriptfan69]

No I didn't even imply that actually.

[matheusmoreira]

As opposed to megacorp controlled journalism, newspapers, radio and television channels?

[SpicyLemonZest]

Right. As the source link explains at the end, one critical difference is that megacorp controlled journalism is the same for everyone, so it can't create scenarios where multiple diametrically opposed groups all simultaneously believe their views are very popular. That's much more destabilizing, because it creates issues where the status quo is unable to move at all because nobody's willing to engage in persuasion.

[javascriptfan69]

We should march head-first into a new exciting bad thing without question because the other bad thing was bad.

Incredible argument

[matheusmoreira]

Your criticism of the "new bad thing" holds absolutely no water. It's just more of the same, but with different players and different methods.

[javascriptfan69]

>more of the same >different players and different methods

doesn't really sound the same to me but I guess we can just agree to disagree

[matheusmoreira]

Yes, it's just the same. Rich people once again have a disproportionally high influence in people's opinions. It's just different rich people now.

Criticizing the system on this basis won't accomplish anything. Even if you win and get rid of it, we're all just going to once again end up under the influence of rich people in whatever new system replaces it. Search for the root cause.