Ah, the 21st-century corporate playbook: Let's let harmful content roam free and then act surprised when outrage boosts our metrics📈😱. Meta and TikTok are probably drafting their "We had no idea" speeches while polishing their engagement trophies🥇🎭.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo #corporateethics #socialmedia #outragecontent #engagementmetrics #digitalresponsibility #HackerNews #ngated
Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement - whistleblowers

Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.

YouTube’s Appeal Decision Is In: My Inactive Manager Channel Stays Banned—And It’s Complete Bullshit

It's been less than five hours since I woke up to discover my YouTube channels had been terminated overnight, and I've already received YouTube's appeal decision. Spoiler alert: it's not good news. In fact, it's exactly the kind of generic, nonsensical response that proves YouTube's moderation system is running on autopilot with zero human oversight. Let me walk you through what happened today, because the timeline alone shows how broken this entire process is. The Timeline of This […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/01/26/16/04/13/analysis/jaimedavid327/9438/youtubes-appeal-decision-is-in-my-inactive-manager-channel-stays-banned-and-its-complete-bullshit/

Meta shifts Facebook Reels beyond engagement metrics with new user survey model: Meta launched User True Interest Survey model on Jan 14, integrating direct feedback to improve Facebook Reels recommendations beyond watch time and likes metrics. https://ppc.land/meta-shifts-facebook-reels-beyond-engagement-metrics-with-new-user-survey-model/ #FacebookReels #Meta #SocialMedia #UserFeedback #EngagementMetrics
Meta shifts Facebook Reels beyond engagement metrics with new user survey model

Meta launched User True Interest Survey model on Jan 14, integrating direct feedback to improve Facebook Reels recommendations beyond watch time and likes metrics.

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A tale of two platforms. Posted* the same thing, same time, and on Twitter, even though I have three times more followers, got a tenth of the engagement.

#engagement #metrics #EngagementMetrics #Twitter #Mastodon #TwitterVsMastodon

*IMO the best thing I've posted in a while: https://wandering.shop/@soonleenz/109672747838144758

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Attached: 1 image I found this fascinating: how your cultural background can alter the way art hits you. Hokusai's "Great Wave" is different depending on whether you read L->R (English) vs R->L (Japanese) https://diamantia-kai-skouria.blogspot.com/2011/03/looking-at-hokusai-picture.html #Art #ArtPerspective #ArtAppreciation #ReadingProtocols Image is of Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" from the "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" collection.

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