This isn't a technological problem but a human one. The fundamental problem is that we haven't developed generalisable, scalable and profitable business models on the internet that aren't toxic.
This isn't a technological problem but a human one. The fundamental problem is that we haven't developed generalisable, scalable and profitable business models on the internet that aren't toxic.
The personalised algorithmic junk came later. It was never required for the websites to be wildly popular.
You would go on Facebook for 5 minutes and catch up with your friends. Great.
That’s not much time to shovel adverts. Better to get you engaged with ragebait or cute kittens or whatever keeps you on the site for an hour or 5.
If we banned personalised algorithmic feeds, I'm sure some social media companies would go out of business. I'm still waiting to hear any downside.
Something like the original Facebook where it’s just posts from your direct friends and no public content would be sustainable. It just wouldn’t make a trillion dollar company.