cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1305963/social-media-algorithms-shape-the-beliefs-people-form-even-small-changes-to-content-cura
- Algorithms shape the beliefs people form: Simple changes to content curation algorithms can affect beliefs, consensus, and belief accuracy.
- Personalized engagement-based ranking can be problematic: Although users perceive these feeds positively, they tend to lead to less consensus and less accurate beliefs.
- Consensus is possible: Bridging-based ranking can help promote consensus by surfacing content that receives approval across different groups.
- Belief accuracy can be improved: Intelligence-based ranking can promote more accurate collective and individual judgments.
- Small algorithmic changes can have large effects: Simple changes to how posts are sampled and ranked can substantially influence the beliefs people form.
3 Comments
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3h
For . . . better??
EliteCloneMike@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 3h
For the betterment of the shareholders. :/
Edit: But seriously, what do they mean by “better”? Maybe there was potential and still is to educate people and improve critical thinking skills to assess what they are being fed instead of blindly trusting algorithmic output. Thats more of a fundamental issue than the algorithms though.
Sims@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2h
This is just one of the many ways the US Epstein class manipulates ordinary people to believe all their lies about other nations and their leaders/systems. It's coordinated and a part of the 'Manufacturing Consent' campaign that makes people very angry at the societal systems and nation enemies of the Epstein class, and allow them to attack Iran, China, Venezuela etc, and yes, Russia !
The censorship and manipulation on US/western media (social or msm) are sick ! Even here on Lemmy, propagandized people keep posting elite controlled western media articles and their deliberate misinformation.