Comment on Fediverse alternative to Pinterest?
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 hours agoSimilar? No no no. That’s a shit algorithm.
Let me give you an example. I search for leftist content. I somehow get served a British guy who does floor refinishing. It’s fantastic. I also get people doing skits about working in a restaurant.
A good algorithm follows patterns in people’s preferences, not patterns in the content.
sonalder@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
You simply don’t get the usecase. I don’t want Pinterest to show me stuff that I’m into. I want it to show me similar pictures to build coherant yet creative moodboards.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Oh boy… I’m sorry. I’m arguing on another thread against someone who is saying algorithms are inherently bad and we shouldn’t use them. I thought that was you. I will try and remember to check context next time.
Yes, you’re making a lot of sense. I think that’s why I never got Pinterest. I used it for link storage, not idea generation.
sonalder@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
Algorithmes aren’t inherently bad. The fact that they are opaque blackbox imposed to you by the plateforms so you get addicted is why they are bad. The day we have the choice between multiple client-side transparent algos it will be better.