Comment by Nevermark

> Which also means the culprit for the cultural malaise isn’t the algorithm as is so often said, it’s the network topology

Oh, it's definitely both!

Ad driven algorithmic content mediation adds layers of additional dysfunction.

How much worse is it to drown in information, when it is also heavily diluted with information designed to coerce us.

How much worse is it to share information, when our most reliable readers are surveillance machines prepping manipulation for us.

This has undermined the healthy flow of information for individuals and society on almost every major network.