The problem here is the same but without the algorithm. The most active groups are political and news related. The posts that rise are all going to be political and pushed upward by the communities.

Those communities themselves are made up already extreme elements in one way or another that either got kicked off other algorithm managed communities or left those communities themselves.

And that says nothing of the gamifying of the whole online culture. People chase upvotes, the last comment, and just 'winning' discussion instead of teaching and talking. I'm no better. I try to be, but the impulse is pavolvian and takes constant effort to fight.

Social media has become this terrible mix of the casino, the strip club, and the opium den.

It hits all the worst parts of our brain and makes us weaker as a people.

It sucks.