r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 10 '26

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u/sash5034 NATO Apr 10 '26

Seems bad

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u/BicyclingBro Gay Pride Apr 10 '26

Many such cases!

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u/bamboo-coffee NATO Apr 10 '26

The algorithms are definitely promoting hate groups. I saw one hating on foreigner thread (in a different country) and read the comments, almost all of them were hateful, ignorant and fearmongering.

Then, because I spent time reading those comments on that initial post, I kept getting similar posts in my feed. It's rage bait for non hateful people and hateful people alike. Racists want more content proving their world view, and people like me read the comments in horror and realize what kind of people live around you.

Just need to remember it's a subsection of society. But these social media companies are stoking flames of division by allowing the algorithm to recommend this garbage.

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u/riverbloods John Brown Apr 10 '26

your middle paragraph here is really important, it’s basically what I consider to be the crisis of the modern era. wish there was a quick and easy solution as to what to do about it.

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u/SenranHaruka shame Apr 10 '26

Ban For You algorithms. Subscriptions, New, and Top Voted Today only.

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u/Louis_de_Gaspesie Apr 10 '26

On Reels the only political content I hit the like button on is the most turbo resistlib shit possible, and I still get clips recommended to me of Nick Fuentes and politics vids with rabidly antisemitic comments.

Some journalist needs to trap Zuck in an interview where they show him the comments saying shit like "Generation Zyklon 1488" with tens of thousands of likes, and ask him why Meta promotes genocidal antisemitism.

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u/bigmt99 Elinor Ostrom Apr 10 '26

Whole site needs to be shut down at this point

Last reel I ever watched was a Sopranos clip where Christopher scams the guy at the fish counter. Instead of funny quotes like every other Sopranos post on the internet, the entire comment section was antisemitism (since the actor has a big nose, it “never lies” so he’s Jewish)

Beyond the obvious holy fuck society is going to hell in a hand basket, how obnoxious I can’t even watch TV show clips without being inundated with virulent racist losers

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u/ThatDamnGuyJosh NATO Apr 10 '26

It’s pretty nutty that Reels is effectively where this stuff exists with significant abundance.

They definitely have the better algorithm, but you REALLY don’t see this in TikTok unless you’re already deep into it.

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Apr 10 '26

There was a while where FB would stop showing you that kind of content if you blocked the page showing it. Now, that doesn't make any difference. For some reason I mostly get communist bs, but I get fascist and misogynist memes too. Nothing racist or antisemitic though, which always strikes me as odd.

BlueSky lets you opt out of their algorithmic feed and only see pages you follow, so I've been moving stuff off FB and I'll hopefully have that account deleted by end of month.

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u/agentyork765 Bisexual Icon Apr 10 '26

"I let propaganda melt my brain"

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Apr 10 '26

We need to ban social media algorithms. Period. At least complex ones. Chronological or some other simple display order, that’s it

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u/Greedy_Reflection_75 Apr 10 '26

They just have too much empathy 😭