Psychologists Examine Downside of Social Media Algorithms
news.utdallas.edu
By Stephen Fontenot  | While social media algorithms have become excellent at matching a user’s viewing habits with targeted, personalized content, psychologists at The University of Texas at Dallas have determined that these algorithms may have a negative influence on a user’s mental health. Dr. Alva Tang, assistant professor of psychology in the School of Behavioral […]
  • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Last word: you’re the one who brought up murdering criminals - I just suggested you needed to equate them to animals in your head so you could justify caging them like animals.

    Criminals commit murder, about 400,000 officially recognized / classified murders per year, much higher than that in reality of course, but 400K/8B is 1/20,000 per year, more like 1/400 lifetime, average, globally, just the official ones not the overlooked ones in war zones or lawless / uninvestigated situations. It’s not a problem that can be ignored or written off as insignificant.