How does the algorithm monetize male reach and female doubt?

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how does the algorithm exploit  gendered insecurities  — feeding men  red pill content  and women  beauty ideals —to profit from  loneliness  and  doubt , and in doing so, deepen societal divides while making us feel  almost enough ? Is it only  social , or is it also a  business ?

Effably · Accepted Answer

Most algorithms just play an advanced version of match 2. It looks at all it knows about you, compares that tl everyone else it knows about. Then based on their actions and reactions feed you different things. However statistics are frighteningly efficient when the sample is large enough.

In a sense though if we were provided good solutions we'd be praising this system.

If we define its goal as selling something to you via an ad you interact with then it doesn't really matter if you are sold a life changing good or service that you are eternally grateful for or a bunch of lies. That distinction is not relevant. If most products were useful and great, we'd be happy we are expertly steered to the one most suited to us.

We are upset with it because products offered are usually not good for us. An economy driven more by a question of how to make people buy something than making something people want to buy.

Still-alive · Accepted Answer

It looks like you basically answered your own question here. "feeding men red pill content and women beauty ideals—to profit from loneliness and doubt,"

Yup this is what they take advantage of. They have picked up on things many of us are insecure about and take advantage of it by offering 'fake' solutions. quick fixes so to speak. Throughout time there's always been desperate people and here comes people, apps, algorithms promising solutions that are not real.

And the result is people feeling even more isolated and alienated from one another. being isolated and afraid and desperate makes them money. its fucked up but this is how they do it.

Nikki1989 · Accepted Answer

I don’t think it does that to that degree. People are controlling what they consume and take it. The real problem is: People are too easily brainwashed. The nonsense you see on here most days can be disturbing to read, but the users in question are convinced what they are saying is indeed fact.

leahzrc · Accepted Answer

we supposed to be human but society won't let us

jshm2 · Answer

It doesn't. PEOPLE do that.

The "algorithm" only supplies more of what you click and interact with.

So if you're getting more shitty content, then it's what you're clicking and interacting with. Consciously or subconsciously is a different matter.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Expecting human weaknesses or what they are just simply fond of is not only a gender thing. Let's say we have company that sells beer and their target market are those alcohol addicts. Game company sells their games to gamers. Fashion company sells their fashion to fashionistas and so on. It's called target market and one of the most important part of marketing. If it is "just business", business by itself is already nuanced enough but also that's the whole point. To earn money. We're leaving the society that values it.

DCVsMarvel2 · Answer

Business feed off of fear If they can make you fear something, and say "yeah you need this to protect yourself", then, they'll profit Remember, it's all about fear

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