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China has set a three-month deadline for Big Tech to resolve algorithm issues. Companies must avoid recommendation algorithms that create "echo chambers", induce addiction, allow manipulation of trend (www.scmp.com)

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[–] gibmiser 19 points 6 days ago

Is this an honest initiative? I'm pretty skeptical of China trying to do the right thing here...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Isn't the whole country an echo chamber?

[–] distantsounds 4 points 6 days ago

Depends on who you ask

[–] disguy_ovahea 2 points 6 days ago

The Great Firewall deems it so.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 5 days ago

That sounds peachy. Let's do it here too.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Is it algorithms or intolerant people that create echo chambers?

[–] njm1314 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's been pretty exhaustive writings about how YouTube radicalizes people and pushes them in certain directions, so I think it's pretty safe to say that while it's both algorithms do play a significant part

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

I don't think radicalization and echo chambers are the same thing. Radicalization might end up creating an echo chamber but that is usually at the end of the radicalization process.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

Please, share!

[+] _bcron_ 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Look at the whole bluesky thing. That's people self-selecting to create an echo chamber, without an algorithm placing them there, ain't it?

[–] njm1314 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is a bunch of people collectively decided they don't want to hang out with Nazis really an echo chamber? I mean if so I guess we got to get rid of that negative connotation of Echo chamber.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That's exactly what I'm pondering?

"If a bunch of people collectively decide that they don't want to poison kids with vaccines really an echo chamber?"

"If a bunch of people collectively decide that they don't want to support a genocide really an echo chamber?"

(...)

For each respective echo chamber, the subjective experience shared is us-vs-them. Self selecting, instead of forced by algorithms? Maybe an echo chamber isn't so bad, as I'm obviously correct in my particular case?

[–] njm1314 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah I'm not quite sure what you're trying to imply here, but I'm 100% totally okay with an US versus them when the them is Nazis. Fuck Nazis.

[–] DeadWorldWalking 1 points 6 days ago

Algorithms

[–] cryptiod137 0 points 6 days ago

Yes, it depends on the scale but yes.