Loving @lessin's recent essays on feeds and algorithms and speech. I don't always agree but his thinking is nuanced and principled and worth understanding/discussing. This morning's one is a very good read.https://www.theinformation.com/articles/on-feed-ranking-and-free-speech …
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I think that's an older view of how feed algorithms work - most platforms have a more nuanced view (FB has spoken in public about optimizing for meaningful social interaction, Twitter on healthier conversation)
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if they change the inputs, it's still effectively selective moderation; just different targets.
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