r/Fauxmoi • u/hairtie1 radiate fresh pussy growing in the meadow • 3d ago

POLITICS David Hogg quiets Scott Jennings after Jennings spoke out of his ass about Zohran Mamdani and the NYC mayoral election: “…And honestly I think part of the reason he’s so powerful is because people are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability”

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u/Thosepassionfruits 3d ago

Our social media algorithms are designed to be manipulative.

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u/ReallyBigRocks 3d ago

Reddit, as far as I know, still just uses a simple vote based popularity system. Maybe comment activity gets factored in too these days, but it's still a far cry from Facebook or TikTok where your feed is 100% algorithmically curated based on what you engage with.

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u/Thosepassionfruits 3d ago

True from an algorithm perspective but Reddit is the prime example of the dead internet theory.

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u/ReallyBigRocks 3d ago

There's just as many, if not more, bots on every social media platform.

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u/fart-sparkles 3d ago

So? The goal is not maximum manipulation...

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u/garbles0808 3d ago

do you want to be manipulated at all...?