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this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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Wait, if I switch it off, will it stop me getting recommendations for shorts? Id totally do it then. Tbh ive told myself this year tostop mindless scrolling so its good to hear youre feeling more deliberate.
It will start giving you recommendations for popular shorts. And that shit is cancer, let me tell you
Jeezus, that almost seems evil. "Give us your data or we'll clog your front page with the click baitiest, cancer inducing content we have".
Well, if we look at that with their logic, showing the popular shit makes sense, because it's, well, popular, safe choice. The problem is, and they either ignore it or encourage it, that the algorithm promotes the most terrible things because the metrics is engaging and hate is as engaging, if not more, as other forms, and produces strong reactions.