Comment on BookWyrm: Fediverse for book readers
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 year agoThis is true, but colloquially when people say “I dislike algorithms,” we are referring to any system that automatically sorts or elicits information, apart from responding to user input. I like having the ability to sort and filter things manually, but I dislike unsolicited recommendations and things of that nature. I think most people know the technical meaning of the word.
DonnerWolfBach@feddit.de 1 year ago
I do not think most people know about the computer science definition of algorithm involving discrete steps. For average people I feel like your definiton of “any system that automatically sorts or elecits information, apart from responding to user input” is the only one known.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 1 year ago
You may be right, I’m not really sure. And in this case, this is still what people are referring to colloquially.