Comment on Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Bob_Robertson_IX@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Think of it as a methadone clinic for doomscrollers.

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  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I may have a problem

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    • lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We’re here to help! We just need someone to implement doomscroll / infiniscroll into Lemmy, lol.

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      • r4venw@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Honestly the fact that Lemmy doesn’t have infinite scroll (on my UI, at least) has helped me a lot in terms of not wasting hours at a time on my phone

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      • fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve got news for you: basically every app I’ve used so far for lemmy has infinite scroll. Currently Thunder previously Sync.

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  • asteriskeverything@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If methadone was also educational 🌈⭐

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    More like a brothel for sex addicts.

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    • GaMEChld@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Jesus. Enough hyperbolic nonsense. Browsing Wikipedia is way healthier than doom scrolling.

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      • Jolteon@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And doomscrolling Wikipedia is still healthier than doomscrolling anything else.

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• fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t think there’s an algorithm involved actually. Just lovely facts.

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  • Anivia@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well, there has to be some kind of algorithm. Even picking a random Wikipedia article technically is an algorithm, just not one that adapts to the user

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    • Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      True, but outside CS the word has come to refer to a certain brand of complex heuristics or ML inference.

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    • fox2263@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      An algorithm usually involves lots of complex calculations and weights. Picking a number from a pool of numbers at random is as simple as it gets.

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      • b_n@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In comsci, there are no real random numbers. They are all seeded psuedo-random number algorithms. (Unless you integrate with some third party random as a service setup)

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    • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Right, but in the context of social media feeds, “algorithm” always refers to an algorithm for personalised content.

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• Rooty@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Think of it as taking methadone instead of heroin.

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