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RIP social media. What comes next is messy. (arstechnica.com)

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[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago

And it’s not the fault of much-hated algorithms, non-chronological feeds, or our human proclivity for seeking out negativity. Rather, the dynamics that give rise to all those negative outcomes are structurally embedded in the very architecture of social media.

I wonder who architected social media to have all of these negative aspects embedded 🤔