Instead there is a never ending further stream of negative stimulus being recommended to people who are already triggered. The content sources are given real-time analytics on how to do this more efficiently.
I don't understand why that can't be slowed down.
What do you mean by "escalate"? I hope you are not using the word "escalate" to describe the murder of hundreds of innocent people by extremist terrorist.
> to people who are already triggered.
These killers are not "triggered" they are just crazy, bigoted, racists who somehow feel the need to kill. Your words sound very sympathetic in suggesting that the solution is to give these killers "time to cool off". The solution is to identify them early and get them some mental help.
The mental health resources available for the kind of reach social media and news media have does not exist. In most places there is one mental health professional per 20k citizens. This is not going to change overnight.
So what I am talking about is reducing the rate at which (negative/controversial) info recommendation systems/engagement algos pump through the system.
That's what I mean by time out. Reduce the rate at which info flows and the amount of info flowing through the system. This can be done in many ways. Turn off real time analytics to the content producers when they pump out controversial content. Hide/delay the like/view/click counts around polarizing content. Change or remove recommendations around such content etc etc...