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My old band's song hit 10,000 streams after someone dug up a problematic tweet from 2012 and posted a 'deep dive' video about it.
The algorithm pushed the song to a whole new audience who listened just to hear what the fuss was about, which makes me wonder if public shaming now functions more as a discovery engine than actual accountability. Has anyone else seen their work get boosted by controversy instead of buried?
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cooper.nathan20d ago
Man, that's just how everything works online now.
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derekl7920d ago
A buddy's podcast got a huge bump after a guest went on a wild rant. The clips got shared everywhere as a "what is wrong with this guy" thing, and his downloads tripled. So yeah, the outrage machine definitely fuels the algorithm now.
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