• paraphrand@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I’m sure there are individuals doing worse one off shit, or people targeting individuals.

    I’m sure Facebook has run multiple algorithm experiments that are worse.

    I’m sure YouTube has caused worse real world outcomes with the rabbit holes their algorithm use to promote. (And they have never found a way to completely fix the rabbit hole problems without destroying the usefulness of the algorithm completely.)

    The actions described in this article are upsetting and disappointing, but this has been going on for a long time. All in the name of making money.

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      21 hours ago

      that’s right, no reason to do anything about it. let’s just continue to fester in our own shit.

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        21 hours ago

        That’s not at all what I was getting at. My point is the people claiming this is the worst they have seen have a limited point of view and should cast their gaze further across the industry, across social media.