The algorithms killed the platforms. They’ve become vapid, empty holes that only attract people addicted to them like junkies.
The internet can be fun, but you’re not going to find it on the platforms. You’re only going to find fun in places where people talk to each other. And even then, if you’re thin skinned you’re going to wind up in an outrage filled circlejerk. If you loosen up and go where the algorithms don’t exist you can have a good time.
And somewhat ironically, the lack of algorithm is what killed the Web. The Web has a huge problem with discovering new content, it’s essentially impossible unless you already know exactly what to search for, but than of course it isn’t new content anymore. Meanwhile the Facebooks, TikToks and the Youtubes are actually quite good at discovering content, the later two especially can dig up extremely niche interests content with only hundreds of views.
The crux is that they give you no direct way to interact with the algorithm, it’s all guesswork based on your view history and clicks. There is no “show me less clickbait garbage”-button.
The solution should be algorithms that are transparent, switchable and under the users control, but so far I have never seen anybody developing anything like that. It’s either all one algorithm maximizing engagement and ads or some federated thing without any algorithms at all and complete garbage discovery and search.
The algorithms killed the platforms. They’ve become vapid, empty holes that only attract people addicted to them like junkies.
The internet can be fun, but you’re not going to find it on the platforms. You’re only going to find fun in places where people talk to each other. And even then, if you’re thin skinned you’re going to wind up in an outrage filled circlejerk. If you loosen up and go where the algorithms don’t exist you can have a good time.
And somewhat ironically, the lack of algorithm is what killed the Web. The Web has a huge problem with discovering new content, it’s essentially impossible unless you already know exactly what to search for, but than of course it isn’t new content anymore. Meanwhile the Facebooks, TikToks and the Youtubes are actually quite good at discovering content, the later two especially can dig up extremely niche interests content with only hundreds of views.
The crux is that they give you no direct way to interact with the algorithm, it’s all guesswork based on your view history and clicks. There is no “show me less clickbait garbage”-button.
The solution should be algorithms that are transparent, switchable and under the users control, but so far I have never seen anybody developing anything like that. It’s either all one algorithm maximizing engagement and ads or some federated thing without any algorithms at all and complete garbage discovery and search.
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