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		narag on April 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jack Dorsey has regrets about building Twitter But Whatsapp doesn't promote any content. It's all private conversations, isn't it? I would say that Whatsapp is a big mirror, not of how humans act, but of how humans behave in other social media.

eightysixfour on April 3, 2022 [–]

That’s my point - whatsapp doesn’t promote content, but it is still one of the largest distributors of disinformation content. This is a clear supporting argument that people share that without algorithmic any help.

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