Maybe someday

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Algorithm control is what AT Proto offers that fediverse doesn't

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Even a vacuum has random particles coming in and out of existence, it's not even empty space

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Not until they move there

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But when someone says they want no chemicals in their food, you know exactly what they mean.

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Is the cute little monster thing eating powdered sugar with his whole face?

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You're expecting Zoomers and Gen Alpha irreversibly addicted to short-form video content, which has resulted in an attention span that doesn't extend past 30 seconds, to READ?

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I actually enjoy not having a strong algorithm here. This way I can spend as little as possible on my only social media app that I use.

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A lot of people are going to rednote as a show of protest:

these people have had their data mined since they were babies, they've been taught by the market since birth that their data isn't something they should value
then they're told that it's bad that these other people can access their data, with no explanation as to why it's any different
while at the same time being told that it's totally fine for the folks who are already mining your data to sell it to the people who shouldn't have your data

So they're basically saying "you're lying, and your explanation contradicts your previous behavior, so I'm gonna do the exact opposite of what you want"
Again because they don't actually care about their data

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Ok boomer

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Fwiw Tiktok apparently just open sourced their algorithm a week or so ago.

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Did someone call for me???

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When you sort your feed by hot vs top vs new, that's already what you're doing kinda.

But the platform has to have the data to support the algorithm, so you can't just "load in" whatever algorithm you want. Besides, that sounds like a security nightmare for the platform lol

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Not with their onboarding.

(Also, familiarity is a kind of UX lubricant, all on its own)

Brahvim Bhaktvatsal

(Not all of us, please. I'm 18 and I love to read - and that's how I'm even a media and middleware loving nerdy programmer, and that's how I'm here!!! I'm not even from a developed nation...)

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Tiktok exposes me to all kinds of viewpoints I'd never have even thought to search for.
Lemmy is a circle jerk by comparison.

When you say "build your own algorithm" what you really mean is "decide who is allowed in my echo chamber, and what is the sort order of the content from those people". You can do that on Tiktok too, it's called the "following" feed, smh.

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Exactly. Every time I see someone post that "akshully, chronological order is also an algorithm" (which I see a lot), it makes me think of the old "what you are calling Linux is akshully GNU/Linux" thing. Please people, let that go.

Because you know perfectly well that when we talk about "algorithms" we're specifically referring to corporate social media manipulative algorithms designed to increase engagement, NOT a simple sort of posts by date or number of upvotes. mkay?

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I don't think algorithms are inherently bad, honestly I think the lack of an algorithm holds the fediverse back. On lemmy, sorting by popular creates an okish feed, enough to familiarize yourself with different comms, but on mastodon and the like, it can feel empty. While algorithms are associated with corporatism, an opt in adapted to fediverse sensibilities algorithm, could make some fedi apps more accessible.

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What is the one on the left anyway?

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Nobody would want to take a shitty deal, and since your comment was posted it's back online in the US.

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I swear on the graves of my ancestors, they script this shit to keep everyone guessing at what the real explanation is.