▲ 642 ▼ Kill your Feeds - Stop letting algorithms dictate how you think (usher.dev) submitted 2 years ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (5 children) Yes! Full agree Continues scrolling lemmy permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Agreed, I was mostly joking, but there are still algorithms that drive the hot and controversial sorting. The fact that you can look up how those algorithms work is also a major difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] crowleysnow@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago at least everyone sees the same thing when they click that button. tiktok will literally send you so far down a niche that you'll try to talk to your friend about some huge trend you've been seeing for a week with millions of views and they'll have never heard of it before because their feed was giving them an entirely different trend permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago NOOOO! (Angry yelling) permalink fedilink source parent
[+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Agreed, I was mostly joking, but there are still algorithms that drive the hot and controversial sorting. The fact that you can look up how those algorithms work is also a major difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] crowleysnow@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago at least everyone sees the same thing when they click that button. tiktok will literally send you so far down a niche that you'll try to talk to your friend about some huge trend you've been seeing for a week with millions of views and they'll have never heard of it before because their feed was giving them an entirely different trend permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Agreed, I was mostly joking, but there are still algorithms that drive the hot and controversial sorting. The fact that you can look up how those algorithms work is also a major difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] crowleysnow@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago at least everyone sees the same thing when they click that button. tiktok will literally send you so far down a niche that you'll try to talk to your friend about some huge trend you've been seeing for a week with millions of views and they'll have never heard of it before because their feed was giving them an entirely different trend permalink fedilink source parent
[+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] crowleysnow@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago at least everyone sees the same thing when they click that button. tiktok will literally send you so far down a niche that you'll try to talk to your friend about some huge trend you've been seeing for a week with millions of views and they'll have never heard of it before because their feed was giving them an entirely different trend permalink fedilink source parent