Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours ago"Hate brings views": Confessions of a London fake news TikTokerwww.londoncentric.mediaexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-link"Hate brings views": Confessions of a London fake news TikTokerwww.londoncentric.mediaBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
Who are the real people behind the accounts spreading fury about the capital online? And what motivates them?
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThey know their algorithms promote anger and hate, they even tried changing them to promote wholesome content but that change caused ad sales to fall so they decided to sacrifice civilization instead.
They know their algorithms promote anger and hate, they even tried changing them to promote wholesome content but that change caused ad sales to fall so they decided to sacrifice civilization instead.