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But turning a blind eye to recommended content almost always comes back to bite a platform. It was recommendations on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube that helped turn Alex Jones from a fringe conspiracy theorist into a juggernaut that could terrorize families out of their homes. It was recommendations that turned QAnon from loopy trolling on 4Chan into a violent national movement. It was recommendations that helped to build the modern anti-vaccine movement. The moment a platform begins to recommend content is the moment it can no longer claim to be simple software.

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But turning a blind eye to recommended content almost always comes back to bite a platform. It was recommendations on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube that helped turn Alex Jones from a fringe conspiracy theorist into a juggernaut that could terrorize families out of their homes. It was recommendations that turned QAnon from loopy trolling on 4Chan into a violent national movement. It was recommendations that helped to build the modern anti-vaccine movement. The moment a platform begins to recommend content is the moment it can no longer claim to be simple software.
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Lucie Ronfaut (lucieronfaut@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 05-Jan-2024 16:55:13 JST Lucie Ronfaut

Le créateur de l'infolettre Platformer analyse la situation Substack (qu'il menace de quitter) et je partage à peu près tout ce qu'il dit : c'est ce qui arrive quand un logiciel prétend devenir une plateforme, mais sans en assumer les responsabilités. https://www.platformer.news/p/why-substack-is-at-a-crossroads

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