#that algorithm

[kinetoons]

The Algorithm has put a tiny moratorium on death threats. Don't expect it to last

This is really just Twitter’s way of saying 

“NEW RULE you guys: using our platform to wish for the death of a public figure is definitely NOT OK, we’ve decided. Please disregard our previous inaction on these matters, like when someone else was trending last month.”

[kinetoons]

[kinetoons]

I think the toxic debate climate today has a lot to do with filter bubbles. Not just the bubbles you put yourself in by blocking and unfriending, but also by the bubbles that you are nudged into by automated scripts and algorithms. 

If you haven't even consented to shielding yourself from opposing viewpoints, you may never find out that they exist. But in a functioning society we need to interact with those who oppose us, at least occasionally. Not just to mentally “inoculate” ourselves to them, but also to train ourself in tolerance, and the noble art of minding our own business. 

Those who stay deep within their bubbles get neither, and when they eventually get confronted with opposition they are unable to handle it maturely. 

[kinetoons]

The Algorithm is alive! I know it has an independent mind of its own, because it told me so when I prompted it to. 

[kinetoons]

[kinetoons]

Feed the #algorithm now!

Kinetoons (@kinetoons) har skapat en kortvideo på TikTok med musiken Feed Me (Git It!). | Feed the #algorithm now! #animation #thatalgorithmtho #socialmediasucks #kinetoons #thealgorithm

So, I’m on Tiktok too, now ...

[kinetoons]

“Live by the sword, die by the sword”, I guess? 

Still, there is a lot of cognitive dissonance when the social media gigants now tear down the exact same “influencers” that they've spent years buffering up. 

However, saying it’s a “free speech” issue denies the underlying complexity.