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DrScientisttoday at 11:35 AM1 replyview on HN

> Until you realize that this is the root of the problem, that the whole system is built to make people angry at each other, you are only contributing to the anger and division.

It's not built to make people angry per se - it's built to optimise for revenue generation - which so happens to be content that makes people angry.

People have discovered that creating and posting such content makes them money, and the revenue is split between themselves and the platforms.

In my view if the platforms can't tackle this problem then the platforms should be shutdown - promoting this sort of material should be illegal, and it's not an excuse to say our business model won't work if we are made responsible for the things we do.

ie while it turns out you can easily scale one side of publishing ( putting stuff out their and getting paid by ads ), you can't so easily scale the other side of publishing - which is being responsible for your actions - if you haven't solved both sides you don't have a viable business model in my view.


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groundzeros2015today at 2:56 PM

> it's built to optimise for revenue generation

I think blaming it all on money ignores that this also serve political goals.

Groups spend money to manipulate public opinion. It’s a goal in and of itself that has value rather than a money making scheme.

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