Post B218bAPiTMOMPqPWF6 by devnull@mamot.fr
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 (DIR) Post #B210k5Syl5i8zYMa2a by zeldman@front-end.social
       2026-01-06T17:40:14Z
       
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       “These companies make billions of dollars on the back of harmful content.”https://counterhate.com/blog/what-are-algorithms-and-how-do-they-make-social-media-more-harmful/
       
 (DIR) Post #B218bAPiTMOMPqPWF6 by devnull@mamot.fr
       2026-01-06T19:08:11Z
       
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       @zeldman No, that has nothing with "algorithms". That's plain arbitrary unethical and toxic human decisions for profit, hiding behind algorithms" as if no one was (to be hold) responsibleActual algorithms are just a centuries old mathematical tool"In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm (/ˈælɡərɪðəm/ ⓘ) is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation." (definition from Wikipedia)