algorithm
also referred to as: algorithms
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 8, 2024 by Guillermo Rauch · across every show →
Everything said about algorithm, oldest first
Nov 8, 2024 positive
Rauch: Platform algorithms limit speech, making independent domain ownership essential
“There's this question of like freedom of speech and X that's censored versus not censored and whatever. There's a question of the algorithms, right? Which I think is a meta question. Sir, you can post anything, but will the algorithm select you such that you'r…”
Jan 31, 2025 bearish
Sam Lessin: Software is never a defensible moat
“I actually, I don't believe that technology can be proprietary. It's the whole, it's too easy to copy and too easy to steal. So if anything, I would actually argue that a lot of these, the idea that like you're going to get proprietary software that, or algori…”
Aug 29, 2025 negative
Dave Morin: Social networking is dead because algorithms replaced real-world relationships
“Truth is social is dead today, right? There are no more social networks that anyone uses because everything, you know, followers don't matter. Your friendships don't matter. There's no actual functional social relationships inside of any of these systems today…”