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catsudon

(884 posts) Fri Feb 4, 2022, 11:14 AM Feb 2022

Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan as more artists leave Spotify: 'This overreaction is a mistake' [View all]

“I’m more worried about the algorithm of misinformation than the purveyor of misinformation,” he added. “Misinformation will always be out there, but if the algorithm drives people further and further down the rabbit hole, the algorithm is the amplifier and the catalyst of extremism.”

i don't know , he made some good points, but then again , i think it is waste of money anyway when you can steal music for free.

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Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan as more artists leave Spotify: 'This overreaction is a mistake' [View all] catsudon Feb 2022 OP

I love Stewart, but he's wrong on this. hlthe2b Feb 2022 #1

Same...can't see the forrest for the trees in this case PortTack Feb 2022 #3

Jon Stewart is Very Wrong on Cha Feb 2022 #37

Tra lalalalala durablend Feb 2022 #2

Isn't Stewart sympathetic to anti-vaxxers? iemanja Feb 2022 #4

On the Late Show he promoted the lie that COVID came from a Chinese lab. rogue emissary Feb 2022 #9

The lab leak hypothesis Zeitghost Feb 2022 #15

His reasoning, though shrike3 Feb 2022 #20

Stealing is not free randr Feb 2022 #5

Great comment. Corgigal Feb 2022 #8

I have many friends in the creative field. shrike3 Feb 2022 #22

Agree on the thoughts. Spotify is horrible for paying artists, though. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2022 #13

1 Million streams equals... lame54 Feb 2022 #24

The artists get next to nothing from streaming. Mosby Feb 2022 #14

it was more in jest. in regardimg to music catsudon Feb 2022 #18

"you can steal music for free" brooklynite Feb 2022 #6

I'm not sure I understand Jon and Glenn Greenwald, another critic, are alarmed about. BeckyDem Feb 2022 #7

An algorithm of misinformation can't work unless someone is purveying it, wtf. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #10

I disagree. We have to somehow get back to a sane society where uttering lies for money Vinca Feb 2022 #11

No, John. You're wrong. Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #12

I realize he has a fan base here, which I submit is rooted in his early years. UTUSN Feb 2022 #16

I was at that Rally... lame54 Feb 2022 #26

I saw parts of it on t.v. to make up my own mind on things. "Not overtly political" - UTUSN Feb 2022 #30

I looked up hippy dippy and you're right... lame54 Feb 2022 #31

It does? - the only reference I know is from CARLIN's "hippie dippy weatherman" bit. UTUSN Feb 2022 #33

Your hole's so deep... lame54 Feb 2022 #34

Well, since I'm more clueless here with every Reply to me, better go on my way!1 UTUSN Feb 2022 #35

Nice katch lame54 Feb 2022 #36

'twas nothing, but thanks. And we're even 'cause I think I misspelled "hippie" - am correcting it. UTUSN Feb 2022 #38

None lame54 Feb 2022 #39

What does he mean with "algorithm"? Mosby Feb 2022 #17

Spotify does recommendations too. Dr. Strange Feb 2022 #19

In other words - down the rabbit hole you go lame54 Feb 2022 #28

Wrong John....try again..... turbinetree Feb 2022 #21

The "algorithm" is surely Spotify in this case. They've invested $100m in Rogan muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #23

There's no real reason to pirate music anymore. PTWB Feb 2022 #25

Yeah I am not seeing myself going to the trouble cinematicdiversions Feb 2022 #45

I always knew he was a right-winger Jose Garcia Feb 2022 #27

He wasn't siding with Joe Rogan. He was saying the solution is engagement not ultimatums. meadowlander Feb 2022 #29

So you think Young should continue to make money for Spotify? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #40

Why don't you take it down a notch? We're all on the same side here. meadowlander Feb 2022 #42

I think you're living in a wonderland of Spotify making its business decisions based on muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #43

Jon "Both Sides" Stewart budkin Feb 2022 #32

Jon Stewart has been insufferably smug for years; he can fuck off back to wherever he's been hiding Spider Jerusalem Feb 2022 #41

Does Stewart have a Spotify podcast yet, or is he angling for one? FreepFryer Feb 2022 #44

Clips of podcaster using N-word struggle4progress Feb 2022 #46

Stewart is wrong. Owl Feb 2022 #47

Comment from a doctor: muriel_volestrangler Feb 2022 #48

nonsense. so dont believe our lying ears? BootinUp Feb 2022 #49

Sounds like something that Bill Maher would say. NurseJackie Feb 2022 #50

Yeah, I thought the same thing obamanut2012 Feb 2022 #51