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FB Leaks: FB researchers created a Trump-loving, Fox News watching persona and let the algorithm do its thing. It went full QAnon in 2 days.
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A most simplistic algorithm, which they viewed as their golden goose. No need for oversight, just turn it loose. If it poisons the people, then that's how it will be. It's not us, it's "personal responsibility."
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Not before some American-flavored, good ol' fashioned fascism.
this and "the social network" are over 10 years old
It's kinda like Tay, but worse.
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But man, that's really messed up.
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But man, that's really messed up.
Journalists have written about the algorithm for a while, but what's new here is basically the confirmation that Facebook knew internally, but denied it publicly:
I wonder when execs at Facebook first realized what was happening, and what the internal discussions were like that ultimately lead to them doing nothing about it.
With the amount of data and smart people Facebook employs, there is no way they don't know exactly how these extremist networks are laid out and what to do about it.
It's a matter of will and not wanting to sacrifice their profits even a little bit. I hope it comes back to bite then in the ass.
It's a matter of will and not wanting to sacrifice their profits even a little bit. I hope it comes back to bite then in the ass.
We already know what the internal discussions were based on leaks from that one former Facebook worker who leaked the internal forums. People who worked there were pissed but the higher ups did nothing about it.
How many degrees of separation are there of your bog standard Fox News watching Trump lover and Q-Anon cultist?
It really is scary how social media can fake news and groups to spread an agenda to active users to foment radicalism. This type of shit breeds hatred and violence, and xenophobia.
And deaths. trash organization. It's a shame no one with power will weild it when their constituents actually need it.
Can you imagine how much more damage they can do with their metaverse?
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Social media is a social cancer. I joined FB in 2004, I left in 2017 and deleted my accout in 2019. The 15-year experiment was an absolute failure.
