Comment by Rooster61

Comment by Rooster61 4 days ago

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> I feel like the actual big difference between social media when we were in high school (hello age cohort pal) and social media now is the algorithmic feed.

Bringo.

The day Facebook implemented the feed as the main page rather than the original homepage was the day social media went sideways. It's little more than a Skinner box with a bright candy coating and it has just gotten more egregious over time. It's right on the tin, "Feed".

I'd be interested to see how much R&D budget has gone into hiring persons in the field of psychology to tweak the dopamine treadmill over time.

JohnMakin 4 days ago

I distinctly remember when the chronological timeline was done away with, people were extremely pissed.

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  • chatmasta 4 days ago

    I remember the day they introduced the chronological newsfeed! People were pissed about that. Nobody wanted a list of all their wall posts to be published to everyone who could see them.

    Prior to newsfeed, FB was obviously an N-N platform, but the interactions were more 1-1. You used the network to find and connect, but you interacted with individuals (on their wall). The newsfeed tipped the focus toward 1-N interactions, and direct messages solidified that (no more wall posts).

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  • evanelias 4 days ago

    I believe GP is comparing pre-feed and post-feed days, not chrono feed vs algo feed.

    For its first few years, Facebook had no feed at all.

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    • Rooster61 4 days ago

      You are correct, but the introduction of the algorithm is indeed just as if not as significant as the introduction of the feed

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grahamj 4 days ago

> It's right on the tin, "Feed"

+5 Insightful

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