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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Publishers understand this, which is why they employ editors. If the NYT wanted to maximize traffic *next week*, they could publish lots of highly sensationalist or even conspiratorial stories about Trump, etc. But this would likely be very damaging to them in the long term. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 24, 2020

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One thing that's striking here is the extent to which Facebook is maximizing for short-term, measurable gains as opposed to long-term brand equity. A better news feed could result in more trust from readers, more partnerships with news organizations, higher internal morale, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Facebook also ran tests this year to figure out if “bad for the world” content could be demoted in users’ feeds.… https://t.co/YTJthhCAGB

Posted Nov. 24, 2020

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There's also a degree of path-dependance. If Facebook has lost high-info readers because its news feed is too low-quality, the remaining customers might not like it if you changed things. But ideally you'd want to win the high-info readers back, which could take time to measure. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 24, 2020