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corndalorian | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It is what it is. Influencoors being influencoors. You invest enough and you get preferential treatment. Instead of intellectual honesty about it all, they'll simply reply "Don't like it, go build your own" if confronted about it.
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5c508c34 | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 yeah, severely dislike it

how would you like to see a trending tab get done?

because the interactions per post of the influencers are gonna be inflated regardless
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corndalorian | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 If they naturally get engagement and interaction, so be it. Trending feeds create a feedback loop of engagement. If certain accounts are artificially boosted into it on a consistent basis, then they are consistently getting more engagement and exposure than other accounts, not based on merits of their content but based on preferential treatment. That needs to go away. 

Ideally, trending feeds would be powered by data vending machines that allow the user to see criteria important to them and then receive a feed of top posts based on that.
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5c508c34 | 9 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 well put and agreed 💜