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minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down15·edit-22 days agonews networks have been doing this same pretty much since they’ve existed
minus-squareRipLemmDotEE@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 days agoNo, news networks are not algorithmically curating content specifically for each individual person, based on personal traits that they record based on usage.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoYes they are. That’s what Fox news does. It curates content specifically for their wacky users. Whether they use an “algorithm” or not is a meaningless difference based on luddism.
minus-squareRipLemmDotEE@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 hours agoFox is curating content for their viewer base as a whole. Corporate social media is targeting each individual user based on their identity and preferences. While similar, they are not the same.
minus-squareporcoesphino@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·2 days agoHumans have been killing each other as long as we’ve existed isn’t an argument to avoid trying to make it happen less
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoMurder =/= social media. It’s pretty sad that I have to say this. People are really losing their minds of this “social media” hype.
minus-squareporcoesphino@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·42 minutes ago🤦♂️ Don’t put words in my mouth to try to make an argument
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agojust saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits…repealed under Clinton iirc
minus-squarepipi1234@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day agoAgreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact. In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn’t manipulate things at all before.
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours ago Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact. Yes tools like TikTok that libs lobbied to hand to fascists. Now they want more of the same.
minus-squareporcoesphino@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah, by memory Rupert Murdoch had his hand at that and in Aus and the UK. I’d love to see that reined in again too
news networks have been doing this same pretty much since they’ve existed
No, news networks are not algorithmically curating content specifically for each individual person, based on personal traits that they record based on usage.
Yes they are. That’s what Fox news does. It curates content specifically for their wacky users.
Whether they use an “algorithm” or not is a meaningless difference based on luddism.
Fox is curating content for their viewer base as a whole.
Corporate social media is targeting each individual user based on their identity and preferences.
While similar, they are not the same.
Humans have been killing each other as long as we’ve existed isn’t an argument to avoid trying to make it happen less
Murder =/= social media.
It’s pretty sad that I have to say this. People are really losing their minds of this “social media” hype.
🤦♂️ Don’t put words in my mouth to try to make an argument
just saying billionaires manipulating shit has been the norm for ages, which is why we used to have media-ownership limits…repealed under Clinton iirc
Agreed, but now they have tools that enable them to do it with unprecedented impact.
In my opinion, the difference is so huge, we might as well think they didn’t manipulate things at all before.
Yes tools like TikTok that libs lobbied to hand to fascists. Now they want more of the same.
Yeah, by memory Rupert Murdoch had his hand at that and in Aus and the UK. I’d love to see that reined in again too