this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2024
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An open source algorithm that the user base can see and understand how it works is different than a closed source algorithm that serves to benefit advertisers more than users
That always comes with a double edged sword. An open source algorithm can be gamed more easily. IIRC, that's why Reddit moved to closed source for theirs originally, spammers were specifically targeting it. I don't think Lemmy's big enough yet to attract that sort of detailed inspection, but it happened in the past. I'm not saying Lemmy should close source its algorithm, of course. Though maybe a pluggable algorithm would be a good idea, to make it so that people could use a diverse set of algorithms that would be more difficult to target as a whole?
Yep, Trump’s campaign figured out how to game Reddit’s algorithm. Sticky a post and essentially tell anyone in the subreddit to upvote any stickied post on any visit which would quickly drive the stickied post to the top of all quickly.