▲ 1964 ▼ Happy 10 million! According to FediDB, we have hit 10 million users across the Fediverse! (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 208 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://fedidb.org/
[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) And which algorithms would that be? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Whatever algorithms youtube, tiktok, instagram etc. use to drive engagement. They don't have any names that I'm aware of permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shrugal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The problematic ones for that are mostly recommendation algorithms afaik, but there are others like gamification ofc. You can call them engagement algorithms if you want to be a bit more broad. But that's what I mean when I criticize "algorithmic" platforms, and I think that's what most people mean when they talk about algorithms in this context. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Whatever algorithms youtube, tiktok, instagram etc. use to drive engagement. They don't have any names that I'm aware of permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shrugal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The problematic ones for that are mostly recommendation algorithms afaik, but there are others like gamification ofc. You can call them engagement algorithms if you want to be a bit more broad. But that's what I mean when I criticize "algorithmic" platforms, and I think that's what most people mean when they talk about algorithms in this context. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shrugal@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The problematic ones for that are mostly recommendation algorithms afaik, but there are others like gamification ofc. You can call them engagement algorithms if you want to be a bit more broad. But that's what I mean when I criticize "algorithmic" platforms, and I think that's what most people mean when they talk about algorithms in this context. permalink fedilink source parent
