re: Have you watched The Social Dilemma

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Wouldn’t you rather them tailor your feed to your individual preference than subtly only show you stories that advance the public good?

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Social media shouldn't make me "prefer" or "tailor," at all. That's the entire problem.

As soon as they entered into marketing, and now into thought policing, it was all over.

If it was still just a public forum that I had complete control over what I saw and when I saw it, and all the channels that fed it, that would be fine. But that's not what social media is anymore. All of the artificial customization and tailoring that happens is precisely the problem, because those in charge realized how powerful that is.