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Nah, we’ll just have completely change the incentives the algorithms run on, making them less addictive and terrible. I’m not saying shitposting needs to exist into eternity, just that mass communication is helpful, and it’s nice to be able discuss and share things all around the world.
I don't see how it can become less addictive. The algorithm feeds you content based on the things you like and are interested in, that's the reason it's addicting. Unless they change the algorithm to give you content you actively dislike (which doesn't make sense) it simply can't become less addicting.
There needs to be a complete paradigm shift in social media for it to be healthy.
That’s what I mean, a complete overhaul of the algorithms.
It could be that no or very little algorithms is the answer. Kind of like what lemmy does for sorting posts and comments.
"Sort posts in reverse chronological order" and "Sort posts by most recently commented on" are algorithms, but not the kind that will try to trap you in an endless loop of consooming content.