What stops a social media company from selling person X the ability to reduce the reach of person Y?
Nothing whatsoever, especially if done in secrecy. I'm sure it's already happening in all kinds of ways. Maybe in 20 or 30 years we'll know how corrupt the current data refineries ('social media companies') were.
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They can't do it publicly. And to risk current revenue, the needed additional money would be probably too high to keep it a secret.
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The next iteration of Instagram marketing will allow every single user to redeem something for posting an endorsement of a brand. This is being driven IG's e-commerce features, but just like Facebook's news feed, it will eventually fall victim to sabotage
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I’m “sure” it’s already happening. This is how conspiracy theories poison your brain. Once you dismiss the requirement of facts from your world view, you are willing to be “sure” of anything without the responsibility of backing it up with facts. PS in the long run, you lose
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