Threads is trading trust for growth (werd.io)

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Ben Werdmuller, a tech leader at ProPublica, discusses the trust crisis in Meta's Threads app after his comment about the Internet Archive's legal issues unexpectedly attracted a hostile audience. He was surprised by accusations of engagement farming, prompting him to question the assumptions behind such claims. Werdmuller discovered that Meta has been paying certain creators up to $5,000 for viral posts, leading to a climate where all content is viewed with suspicion.

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[-] Didros@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago

Carful, you start looking at areas of our society that don't make any sense as an economic vehicle, and you might start advocating for giving food to people who are hungry and houses to people on the street!

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