Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoClimate denialists find new ways to monetize disinformation on YouTubearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down110
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkClimate denialists find new ways to monetize disinformation on YouTubearstechnica.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareCandelestine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·9 months agoWe’re never actually going to win this arms race. We need a structural solution. Perhaps we could look into, maybe, decentralizing social media so no single algorithm ends up controlling huge chunks of it? Might be worth a shot anyway, I dunno.
minus-squareKptnAutismus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 months agothis was the original intent behind the internet. but big platform with big ad support makes big money.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoISPs limiting upload speeds to tiny fractions of download speeds is to blame.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·9 months agoEnshitification of the Internet itself??? That surely started in its early days (because it was not mainstream accessible, only when it got to that point that process started).
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoNot what enshittification means.
minus-squarekratoz29@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoI thought it meant something going to shit… We definitely had it better than when the companies took this place.
minus-squareshartedchocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoHmm that could work 🤔
minus-squareidunnololz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoAFAIK this doesn’t work well with video because storage is way too expensive and most people cannot afford it.
We’re never actually going to win this arms race. We need a structural solution. Perhaps we could look into, maybe, decentralizing social media so no single algorithm ends up controlling huge chunks of it?
Might be worth a shot anyway, I dunno.
this was the original intent behind the internet. but big platform with big ad support makes big money.
ISPs limiting upload speeds to tiny fractions of download speeds is to blame.
Enshitification of the Internet itself???
That surely started in its early days (because it was not mainstream accessible, only when it got to that point that process started).
Not what enshittification means.
I thought it meant something going to shit… We definitely had it better than when the companies took this place.
Hmm that could work 🤔
AFAIK this doesn’t work well with video because storage is way too expensive and most people cannot afford it.