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pimlottc 47 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: If nothing is curated, how do we find things

The algorithms are a poor match because they were primarily developed to benefit content providers, not users.

paleotrope 47 days ago | [–]

Oh that's definitely true. I mean you can definitely see the conflict of interest between say you know HBO Max trying to get their content viewed versus any other streamer

Nasrudith 46 days ago | [–]

What on earth makes you think that the prior state of affairs was to benefit the users?

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