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Re: We are all Slave now.
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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Facebook is only as good as you and your friends. I have a lot of friends who post interesting, insightful articles and opinions (not very different than my experience here except way more diverse). I don't click on any article from a source I wouldn't read on my own.
If your friends are fucking stupid and you're stupid, then you're experience on Facebook is going to be filled with stupidity.
TM
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This isn't entirely true. Facebook's algorithms try to drive engagement, and will make inferences about what you want to see based on what other people want to see. If most of the world likes political news that confirms their priors and/or enrages them, you are going to get shown stuff that confirms your priors and/or enrages you. To put it differently, no one makes you shop at Wal-Mart.
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