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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jul-2024 07:54:12 JST Paul Cantrell

   Hell of an experiment.

   If it’s academic research, sure, I have methodology questions. But as a quick swab to see what’s growing in the coils of Facebook’s refrigerator…yeah, yeeech.

   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/21/we-unleashed-facebook-and-instagrams-algorithms-on-blank-accounts-they-served-up-sexism-and-misogyny

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     Jed Brown (jedbrown@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 14:05:23 JST Jed Brown

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     @inthehands
     Odds there are internal documents that would refute this claim?
     > “The goal is to make sure people see what they will find most meaningful – not to keep people glued to their smartphone for hours on end.”