beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoHow ‘For You’ feeds amplify outrage: A study of X finds that engagement-based feeds are more likely to push provocative content than posts aligned with users’ stated values.news.stanford.eduexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1106file-text
arrow-up1106external-linkHow ‘For You’ feeds amplify outrage: A study of X finds that engagement-based feeds are more likely to push provocative content than posts aligned with users’ stated values.news.stanford.edubeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days ago The PNAS article, Epstein says, is not a finger-pointing exercise but an encouragement for dialogue on new research and remedies I don’t think dialogue will help when Big Tech intentionally uses this stalling technique. Or that this is a bug to be remedied.
I don’t think dialogue will help when Big Tech intentionally uses this stalling technique. Or that this is a bug to be remedied.