This is outstanding. I'm hoping Mastodon is the cure for this phenomenon.

https://youtu.be/iX-F6UHtEcY

How Tech Companies Are Profiting Off Your Anger - Long Story Short | The Daily Show

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@annsmiley In the end, people will be people. And even a social network without algorithms won't cure people from consuming hours of Fox “News“ outrage every day.

In the grand scheme of things, we'll probably see a few less radicalized people, but you can still join a “free speech“ server and complain about “woke M&Ms“ all day.

@Sven That's fair. Particularly now that people have developed a taste for that outrage rush. It's an addiction.