Really crucial here is that "organic" sharing is very game-able. Typically having a number of sock puppets quickly share the article after posting it, you can trick the algorithm into thinking it's naturally going viral and it begins to push it to others.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/966316045538652160 …
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I agree with you, but the toxic sharing would persist even with an armored algorithm that was not exploitable like this. It's an exploit on human nature.
6:25 AM - 21 Feb 2018
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