There can be automated systems to fix that - to rank contributions, with the aim to boost the signal and reduce the noise, with the final aim to facilitate a lean and productive debate and information sharing; and also to connect contributions, to reduce dispersion, etc.
Such systems to rank contributions are related to the theory of voting systems (quantitative ranking of voters and options).
The aim of many big "social networks" is not «to facilitate a lean and productive debate and information sharing».
There can be automated systems to fix that - to rank contributions, with the aim to boost the signal and reduce the noise, with the final aim to facilitate a lean and productive debate and information sharing; and also to connect contributions, to reduce dispersion, etc.
Such systems to rank contributions are related to the theory of voting systems (quantitative ranking of voters and options).
The aim of many big "social networks" is not «to facilitate a lean and productive debate and information sharing».