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>The social media attention contest continues to be won by fakers, ex-addicts and felons. More non-family friendly content is being accepted from the overlords at FAANG. This has profound effects on society.

Is this really any different to the "reality TV" era in the early 00s? I suspect there's something innately human about wanting to see trashy people.

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Yeah. But I also think that e.g. ex-addicts like Mike from The Nightshift or the German equivalent Montana Black: They have an energy that others on these platforms don't have. They're street smart and probably less constraint in what they can do and say. They aren't perceived as ex-addicts, but it seems their mentality is promoted through algorithms.

Dunno, it's a small sample size but anyways a fun prediction.

Oh, not saying you're wrong at all (Spanian springs to mind as an Aussie example!). Just think it's deeper than algorithms is all.

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