• SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net
    121·
    1 year ago

    Presumably because that’s what lots of people are searching for.

    Otoh, Google giving insane suggestions is sort of a meme by itself so who knows what they use?

    • Meldroc@lemmy.world
      61·
      1 year ago

      Algorithm’s designed to promote engagement. Getting angry groups screaming and trying to murder people counts as engagement.

      As long as the screaming and arguing happens on their site and drives ad revenue, they don’t care about the murdering part.

      • SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net
        3·
        1 year ago

        Good point!

        I’ve written before that I think a lot of these sites intentionally do the Jerry Springer thing.

        • Meldroc@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          Oh, no doubt.

          And there are plenty of groups out there that know how to create …engaging… videos, specifically for the purpose of getting people to hate the Other of the Week. Wouldn’t want the peasants to figure out who’s really screwing them…

          • SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net
            2·
            1 year ago

            That’s a good point too.

            Honestly, the anti-establishment left and the anti-establishment right have a lot they could agree on if there wasn’t so much media pointing out the few things they disagree on (or inventing things to disagree on)

    • Danterious@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I wish people weren’t angry at the protest but instead at the more oppressive forces of society. Also sorta unrelated but what does Otoh mean?

      • SJ0@lemmy.fbxl.net
        21·
        1 year ago

        Everyone will have their personal perspective on certain protests based on a number of factors.

        A lot of people wanted the BLM riots shut down with lethal force because of the senseless violence and destruction in some cities. Otoh, some people thought they didn’t go far enough. Someone whose city was destroyed would have a different perspective than someone whose city was just fine. People might have different views based on their view of the black community and their relationship with the rest of American society.

        A lot of people thought the trucker convoy in Canada was a just fight against oppression, but many people thought they were just a bunch of antivaxx confederate Nazis and thought the use of any level of violence was justified because they were disrupting people’s lives and they were secretly trying to clone Hitler. There was a broad spectrum of views and they only represented a piece of that spectrum.

        Real politics is usually more complicated than just good vs. evil, it’s really hard having one set of rules that apply equally and equitably to diverse people.

        • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          1 year ago

          Saying cities were ‘destroyed’ is a bit hyperbolic. Even the cities with the craziest riots, like Portland just had a block of the city dedicated to it. The Capital Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), that the news used to make Portland Seattle look like a warzone, only covered 2 intersections of the city.

          Edit: The CHAZ/CHOP was in Seattle, not Portland.

          • jeffw@lemmy.world
            01·
            1 year ago

            Also worth noting that a study show a lot of the violence was started by cops, and then people reciprocated. Another study noted 90-95% of the protests were peaceful.

            Only bigots call them riots, to push a political narrative.