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After the 2020 election, FB instituted the “Nicer News Feed” for five days. They tweaked the algorithm to promote more credible sources such as NYT and WSJ rather than Daily Caller. FB became a less divisive place, but users spent less time on the platform.
— Dec 30, 2021 03:40PM
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“The bottom line was that we couldn’t hurt our bottom line,” observed one Facebook data scientist who worked on the changes. “Mark still wanted people using Facebook as much as possible, as often as possible.”
— Dec 30, 2021 03:41PM
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I don’t understand what led to the reversals on election integrity infrastructure and limited removal of hate speech (Holocaust deniers, antifa, some QAnon and white supremicist groups). What made Zuckerberg decide his previous positions—especially his absolutist view that paid speech is protected speech—were untenable in mid 2020?
— Dec 30, 2021 03:36PM
