Taylor Beauvais

@groceryheist@social.coop @randomwalker@mastodon.social This "agenda" problem is central to all info dissemination/ aggregation #algorithms. Sorting and organizing #misinformation and conspiracy theories becomes too easy if a model goal is a healthy community. That's not a tech problem that's a psychosocial one. Healthy technologically mediated communities aren't profitable ones.

@groceryheist@social.coop It's a clickbait problem. Conspiracy theories are more "sticky" as ideas than boring truth. Salacious #misinformation gets lots of engagement because it's not designed to be factual, it's designed to be attention grabbing.