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Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [M] to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

So then there's gonna be an option for a strictly chronological timeline?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    No. That’s an algorithm.

    So is filtering to only friends and hiding blocked users.

    So no algo, no feed at all really.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    you just get posts in precisely whateverthefuck order the server ends up pulling them from its database, which isn't an algorithm because obviously that means the Lord himself is deciding the order of your feed.

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