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Facebook is constantly experimenting on consumers — and even its creators don’t fully know how it works. (www.sauder.ubc.ca)
submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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  • Users of social media platforms like Facebook are part of constant marketing experiments
  • Because algorithms are driven by AI and machine learning, it’s impossible to know how social media companies are choosing what to show — and not show — different groups of people
  • Because there is no “random assignment”, marketers can’t fully tell if one ad might work better than another one.
  • In the process, groups of social media users can be excluded from important messages
  • Algorithms are so precise, they can target people down to an individual level
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Fedi is ours, so make a PR adding support for it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why do so many people assume everyone on the Fediverse is a software developer?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The point I'm trying to make with some snark is: it's not a static platform, it's open to all those who are capable to make the change they want. Not to take the fediverse as a single entity.