I don’t think there’s an algorithm involved actually. Just lovely facts.
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lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
endless feed
to fight algorithm addiction
endless
feed
to fight algorithm addiction
Uuuuuh that’s not the way to fight an addiction, right? Who is this person working for, exactly?
fox2263@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Anivia@feddit.org 2 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
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 months ago
True, but outside CS the word has come to refer to a certain brand of complex heuristics or ML inference.
fox2263@lemmy.world 2 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.
b_n@sh.itjust.works 2 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)
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Right, but in the context of social media feeds, “algorithm” always refers to an algorithm for personalised content.
Rooty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Think of it as taking methadone instead of heroin.
Bob_Robertson_IX@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Think of it as a methadone clinic for doomscrollers.
BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I may have a problem
lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
We’re here to help! We just need someone to implement doomscroll / infiniscroll into Lemmy, lol.
r4venw@sh.itjust.works 2 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
fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 2 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.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If methadone was also educational 🌈⭐
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 months ago
More like a brothel for sex addicts.
GaMEChld@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jesus. Enough hyperbolic nonsense. Browsing Wikipedia is way healthier than doom scrolling.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
And doomscrolling Wikipedia is still healthier than doomscrolling anything else.