• Corgana@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    No but the ones employed by corporate social media companies are and that’s what the guy you’re replying to was referring to.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but some sort of algorithms are going to be inherently needed in a social media platform, where as the advertisement is not necessarily.

      Corporate algorithms meant to influence people are bad. Algorithms in general are unavoidable