seasonone@opidea.xyz to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoDid Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down11cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareFIash Mob #5678@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoYeah, doesn’t seem complicated to me at all. Their algorithm is programmed to keep people angry, engaged, and convinced 100% that their opinion is right. (no matter what that opinion is.) Keeps people clicking on shitty ads and buying stupid crap.
Yeah, doesn’t seem complicated to me at all. Their algorithm is programmed to keep people angry, engaged, and convinced 100% that their opinion is right. (no matter what that opinion is.)
Keeps people clicking on shitty ads and buying stupid crap.