'Explore the Problem of Digital Identities and the Impending Doom of the Dead Internet ' by FuturisticLawyer decentralizedinternet web2andweb3
curate and prioritize the content it shows to users based on the principle of profit-maximization. In other words, social media algorithms and search engines push content that entices users to buy more products and services, and neglect content that is controversial.
I also share his belief that truly original content is suffering because large players in the entertainment industry rely on algorithms and big data analysis of consumer habits to “feed the customers”. That is often the feeling I have when I watch a new movie from Netflix Originals: Algorithms and computer programs are manufacturing modern fiction. No human being is behind these things. This is why anime looms so large — even a simple moe anime has heart because there’s actual people behind it, and we all intuitively feel this.”
Social media algorithms and search engines alike are known to customize news feeds and search results so it fits with the individual user’s likes and preferences. This customization feature results in so-called “Everything the users see confirms what they already know, and people they interact with tend to wholeheartedly agree with them. People are thus exposed to a very one-sided view of the world. It creates a potentially dangerous “us vs.