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It was well done. It certainly understood how social media works far better than anything I've seen on HN. Which is interesting when you are aiming at non technical users.

The back end minions were well done as an explanation.

It did well to be bipartisan. "Extreme centre" was clever. Their examples were sometimes political but it's hard to know how to have bipartisan real world examples, but they seemed to try.

I think it'll have a far reach and it will affect people, but there's no solution, what would you protest and where?

"Gasland", "Waco: The Rules of Engagement", "Blackfish", "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" all seemed to be actionable for instance. It's easy to buy guns, or go to a protest or ditch your meds.

For "The Social Dilemma" it's hard to change everyday life and it's hard to legislate algorithms where no one knows how they work.




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