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That's nonsense. If the problem truly was spam then the "algorithm" would be a simple and transparent penalty proportional to the frequency of posts. The goal is not that (it's """engagement""") and the algorithm is not that either (it's a turbo-charged skinner box attacking your mind with the might of ten thousand data centres).


This is not the ONLY problem, it's just the first problem.




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