Post #1671221

2026-04-25 18:37 UTC

@argv_minus_one @apz i literally started off saying age verification bad, but there is a real problem here. Algo feeds really do radicalize people and make them crazy. you are what you eat and that includes media. the fact that people on big tech platforms are having their opinions and even realities shaped by shit like Facebook.. well. Facebook has at least one genocide on their tab, one that wouldn't have happened without their involvement... this is a real and global problem.

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@quinn@social.circl.lu 2026-04-25 18:39

@argv_minus_one @apz social media algos are the asbestos of the net. social media itself can create affinities that... need to touch grass.

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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-04-25 18:50

@quinn Shouldn't we be banning algo feeds for everyone, then? If what you say is true, then kids are surely not the only ones being driven crazy. Which seems to be already happening, even without legislation. Meta recently lost a court case about their feed algos being addictive. @apz

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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange 2026-04-25 18:57

@quinn @argv_minus_one @apz “We become what we consume.” — Hwee Hwee Tan

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@raven667@hachyderm.io 2026-04-25 19:05

@quinn @argv_minus_one @apz I think one of the forces pushing for "age verification" laws is Facebook/Meta to try and regulate the victims of social media manipulation, in a way that makes personal data collection more valuable, rather than having Facebook regulated out of existence

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