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A way to offset the echo chamber effect (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 days ago by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/crazyideas@lemmy.world

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What if we reprogrammed algorithms so it sometimes shows you something complete opposite to your existing interests and opinions? Not always, but just a percentage of the time? Like you log into YouTube and see 9 videos tailored to your interests and one that is totally the opposite

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The opposite of my interests want to incarcerate people based on where they are from regardless if they did anything wrong. Fuck that, I am not giving them my time.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I wasn't exclusively talking about political interests. I'm talking like opinions about movies

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Do people not watch critics who explain why a particular media is bad?
I quite like the CW Flash series but enjoy the madvocate videos on how dumb the CW Flash is.