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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) @doctorow • Jan 21 Enshittification truly is how platforms die. That's fine, actually. We don't need eternal rulers of the internet. It's okay for new ideas and new ways of working to emerge. 118/ 1 1 22 243 ₁9,362

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Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr @RickiTarr@beige.party My Experience With Algorithm Extremism: So, most of us have been through this. I needed to buy a rug, so, I searched a few websites, and purchased what I needed. Now over a week later, I'm still getting ads for rugs. You bought a rug, DON'T YOU WANT A DOZEN MORE! This is mostly an annoyance, an Algorithm missing it's mark, but what if this also applied to ideas? Let me tell you another story: If you follow me, you probably already know I'm a pretty ardent feminist. Occasionally, I will peruse other websites, and social media (not X, ffs get off X) that use Algorithms. I had liked a few feminist posts, so the Algorithm said she likes these let's give her more, which was nice, at first. I started noticing they were getting more extreme, less women deserve equality, and moving more into F--- all men, I hope they die, territory. Not a fan of that, but I figured it's a one off no big deal. Within a few days it had moved into full TERF territory. It took several weeks of me aggressively blocking and reporting every post I saw for it to disappear from my Timeline. Now imagine if you're a young man who searches or asks on social media, Why won't women date me?, think about how quickly they could get pulled into a world of lies and extremism. Imagine asking any question about a group of marginalized people. This is why places like Mastodon will become more and more essential, and why teaching children critical thinking skills is paramount. Nov 14, 2024, 06:14 PM Web 453 boosts 503 favorites Estarriol, Cat owned Dragon @Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot @RickiTarr yes, it is the problem, you search, but it then assumes that is what you want for life.... I mean I still get the ads for penis shrinkers..... «1 Ricki Gray Area Witch Tarr @RickiTarr @Thebratdragon Snort laugh <1 Estarriol, Cat owned Dragon @Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot @Rick Tarr bows.... <0 Σ 15h 15h 15h
Ericka Simone @ErickaSimone@mastodon.social Who knew the enshittification of the internet would lead to the enshittification of the entire planet. Nov 08, 2024, 07:58 PM ③IceCubesApp 247 boosts 423 favorites
jason Follow @singingpigs.online my wife googled "united airlines customer service" the other day and the Al summary seemed legit enough so she called the number that it listed. she got like 30 seconds into the call before they were asking for her BANK INFO. a scammer had gotten their number prominent enough that the Al grabbed it. October 9, 2024 at 9:09 PM Everybody can reply 1.1K reposts 157 quotes 3.1K likes 49 1.3K 3.1K jason @singingpigs.online .14d I've been worried for a long time about Al getting stuff wrong just cause it's not very good, but I hadn't even considered people gaming the system to *push* bad info into Al summaries (which I'm sure is what happened here). this is truly dangerous s---. 8 62 658
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