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Related: About this forumReal Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 9/24/21
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Tristan Harris: How Facebook Feeds Your Outrage
Technology ethicist Tristan Harris joins Bill to discuss how Facebook's algorithm feeds users outrage to keep them engaged.
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Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the interview with Tristan Harris (6:49), entire panel discussion with Jennifer Rubin and Richard Ojeda (18:03), and includes the opening part of New Rules (44:35). It won't last long, as usual:
ItsjustMe
(11,230 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)Folks, watch that clip please - even if you dislike Bill Maher.
Thanks for posting this Rhiannon.
Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)I wasn't familiar with him before, think he did a great job on the show!
WHITT
(2,868 posts)was schoolin' Bill on a number of issues.
Good panel.
Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)I expected Jennifer Rubin to be good and of course she was, and Richard Ojeda was a pleasant surprise. I hadn't heard of him before.
Auggie
(31,169 posts)My only explanation (justification?) is that the Justice Department is taking its time building an air-tight case against everyone.
This is possible, right?
Facebook? I'm livid, morally and from a business angle. My client pays me to promote their product on the platform, which is done organically and non-organically (non-organic means paid advertising and promotedpaidposts). Why bother when Facebook competes for attention with divisiveness, polarization, and hate?
BTW, this new algorithm is akin to using gasoline to put out a fire.
Good show. Thanks as usual for posting the full version, Rhiannon12866.
Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)And that's what we're all hoping, after hearing that charges/indictments were imminent for so long, that all of the various agencies - New York, DOJ, the House Select Committee - are working to put together a unimpeachable case. *sigh*
And after Cambridge Analytica, I don't see why Facebook is still in business. And it seems like there are more abuses in the news every week. But I know that most people don't follow the news closely and continue to use it, they think of it as just a way to keep up with friends/relatives and some even post photos. Most people don't realize that putting youself out on the internets can be dangerous. I'm sorry that you're forced to deal with it, but it appears that they can continue to get away with anything - and continue to make money.
Glad that you enjoyed the show, I liked it, too.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,320 posts)This may have been the best show of the season.