• ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s when they tried to monetise it and then figured out that “to make the most money, we need people to stay on our site the longest” that things went to shit.

    The algorithms soon learned that echo chambers of outrage worked great to maximize viewership.

    And we all suffer more for it.