what is the likelihood of it having this
Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
Submitted 1 year ago by amon@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Bali@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You are a Sadist Lmfao
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I want this, but with high quality news sources. And then sort such that topics are distributed.
RedFrank24@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Does it fight algorithm addiction or does it just utilise existing algorithm addiction to give you something slightly more informative?
blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Apparently it doesn’t use a personalised algorithm. So I’d say the first one.
Hachiman@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I would disagree on the “slightly more informative” part. I have used it and in my opinion, it’s “highly informative and educational”.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
It’s like what vaping is to nicotine addiction.
Better than the alternative, buttt
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Butt nicotine? What kind of weird stuff you into?
Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve downloaded the app and left a five star rating. The app works great! Please show support to this developer ❤️
Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What app? Isnt just browser bsed?
Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s app based. I found it on Google Play.
Psythik@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just installed it and was immediately annoyed by the auto-scrolling feature being turned on by default. Is that really how TikTok works? How does anyone put up with this shit?
Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not sure but i support them for trying. Maybe leave a review and ask the dev to change it.
cybercitizen4@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It’s not. You have to enable autoscrolling on TikTok.
demonsword@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m imagining one of those that feeds you random TVTropes instead
portuga@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I too find this such a nice refreshing take on wikipedia. It’s only been a few days, hope the developer improves it further. I realize some kind of recommendation algorithm opens a pandora’s box, but one can dream
comalnik@lemmy.world 1 year ago
One big thing i hope they add is sorting by topic, so i can have a biology feed, a physics feed…
breadcat@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
they have this already, at least on the app version
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I recall people in the past spending their day reading random Wikipedia trivia. Overal the knowledge is rather useless.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Maybe, but you will win more pub quizzes and it’s better than brainrot content
Anti_Face_Weapon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Useless? Knowledge for the sake of itself is worth pursuing.
the_doktor@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
There is no knowledge that is not power.
ludrol@bookwormstory.social 1 year ago
Usless knowladge is still better than tiktok journals.sagepub.com/doi/…/07067437221082854
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Information > misinformation
Darkhoof@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Because Tiktok is so much better.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Still better than endless tiktiok scroll, me thinks
Due to shitty company pokicies where I worked, I once had a 6 month stint of reading Wikipedia 4-6 hours a day out of boredom and fuck yeah did I learn a lot of bew things. Sure, not everything sticks, but it’s enough
CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Also just getting more word a day is great for your vocabulary. Ive been reading a lot more lately and have noticed that the more I read even relatively simple books that my vocabulary has vastly expanded even in everyday life. Im much less often left searching for a word because I have likely seen it more recently.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
As opposed to spending the day reading social media where the knowledge is useful?
MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
WikiTok > TikTok
Manalith@midwest.social 1 year ago
I know it needs to maintain the Wiki name for branding purposes, but WikTok meshes better.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Alternatively WikiToko would be cute
RedSnt@feddit.dk 1 year ago
That’s actually really cool. I like that the dev has expressed that he doesn’t want to make the algorithm addictive and just keep it random 😅
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I see the dev don’t want recommendation algorithm. All good to avoid the recommendation bubble, but a category/tags might be nice instead of random everything.
fishos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
…so… content filters when? Let me limit it to certain subjects and I don’t need social media anymore 😂
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Everyday I read wikipedia and everyday, I learn something new. Fucking love this free resource
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 year ago
“Some people just wanna watch the world learn.”
58008@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Would be cool if the official Wikipedia mobile app integrated this functionality! It does have a ‘random articles’ card, but it’s nothing like this.
Not sure ‘addiction’ is being defeated here, though 😆 Like if I’m addicted to sausages, giving me bacon instead isn’t really solving the root of the issue. The issue being those sexy, sexy pigs.
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
The addiction isn’t being defeated, it’s just being redirected from something worthless to something useful. Well, at least less useless.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Web 1.0 cures web 2.0 again.
parrhesia@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s a neat way to stumble upon interesting information randomly Time is a flat circle
LittleRatInALittleHat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is awesome. :3
mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just got the app it’s absolutely fantastic.
miscellanii@lemm.ee 1 year ago
If someone made this for TV Tropes, I would never get anything productive done again
andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 year ago
GluWu@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Saw this posted in a ADHD com a few days back. Every comment was just like “oh no…”. I opened it and like 20 minutes later realized, oh no. I can and have spent many entire days just reading Wikipedia and following linked subjects. So much so I run out in areas. I can’t handle a lot of visual and audio stimulation, short form content is such a nightmare for me, can’t watch it. But give me pages of the most dense info and I’m hooked. I just need the option to download every paper referenced from every Wikipedia page I visit.
fartknocker@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I can feel my butthole unclenching already 🥲
x00z@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sadly the design is pretty bad on desktop monitors.
lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year 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?
Rooty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Think of it as taking methadone instead of heroin.
fox2263@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t think there’s an algorithm involved actually. Just lovely facts.
Anivia@feddit.org 1 year 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
Bob_Robertson_IX@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Think of it as a methadone clinic for doomscrollers.
asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If methadone was also educational 🌈⭐
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 year ago
More like a brothel for sex addicts.
PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I don’t get it, it’s pretty lame. Just a list of articles. This would need some kind of flow. Maybe one that is continued depending on what topic one reads. Something. I think, I’ll try to make this …
HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As someone who loved the random article feature and will sometimes peruse Wikipedia at random, this is extremely fascinating to me.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Does it have an algorithm of some kind?
I usually hate them but for something safe like wikipedia i would love to have it tailored to my interests.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Are you asking if the app made specifically without an algorithm has an algorithm?
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Its not presented as being specifically made without.
There is plenty of room for more ethical algorithms and to get technical. It definitely does have a algorithm.
A very basic formula that simulates randomness to pick one Wikipedia page after the other.
I just wish i could customize that to my interests. So for example it favors articles tagged as ancient mythology and minimizes politicians from the 90s
RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Apparently not:
“I have had plenty of people message me and even make issues on my GitHub asking for some insane crazy WikiTok algorithm,” Gemal told Ars. “And I had to put my foot down and say something along the lines that we’re already ruled by ruthless, opaque algorithms in our everyday life; why can’t we just have one little corner in the world without them?”
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I understand their stance but it is a bit sad because if i could tailor it to my interests i absolutely would use it all the time.
Wikipedia is massive there is way more that i don’t want to read then there is that i do.
Personally i think there is roam for a “not insane, Fully transparent and user controlled” algorithm but also that would take a lot of developer effort.
Cad@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Wikipedia already has a “random article” function. I guess the tiktok ui is nice for some folks.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 year ago
My God my general but shallow knowledge of many things will grow more powerful
dylanjustice@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This should be gamified. Use an LLM to generate a mini-quiz on the topic to make sure I read it. Give me points for acquiring new useless knowledge, and let me compete with my friends and family.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I like this idea.
I don’t know if I will do anything with it, but I would like to create something like this. Find it hard to develop when I’m not in work, as it feels like work.
reiterationstation@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Do it!