burnerman0 t1_j57dr0t wrote
Reply to comment by RonPMexico in Study of more than 2,400 Facebook users suggests that platforms — more than individual users — have a larger role to play in stopping the spread of misinformation online by giuliomagnifico
> prioritizing content is censorship
What exactly do you think these algorithms are doing if not prioritizing content? By your logic every platform is practicing censorship simply by existing.
RonPMexico t1_j57e7t5 wrote
The platforms generally prioritize posts not by content but by interactions. The algorithm doesn't know what message any individual post conveys, it only knows that the post will lead to a desired outcome (clicks, shares, likes, what have you)
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