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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Niche Communities won't be able to reach their true potential until lemmy adds a sort that takes engagement into account.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I did take Algorithms.

  The definition we learned (let me know if I am wrong) is that an algorithm is a concrete set of steps to accomplish some goal in a finite amount of time given legitimate inputs.

  Although in practice we use this more for stuff with a math formula and/or stuff you code. “Given the input of the world, if your eyes see it is raining outside, grab the umbrella from your closet. If you don’t see the umbrella, search for it. If the search takes 5+ minutes, just go to your destination” is an algorithm for trying to not get rained on, but in practice nobody’s going to be using that word that way.

  I think the definition used online today is “some computer code that I can’t reliably determine the input/output of, that is used to my/society’s disadvantage in an exploitative way.”

  Words evolve, and the word you learn in academia sometimes also gets used in real life and its usage changes in real life from what you would use in academia. And sometimes academia keeps using it that way, and real life keeps using it their different way, and so you use the same word while talking about slightly different concepts. And sometimes people in real life use it the academic way, others don’t, making things even more confusing… you just have to be aware people are using the same word to talk about two different things (or in this case, one group uses the word to talk about an unpleasant subset of the thing the other group uses the word to talk about) and clear up that misunderstanding.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Niche Communities won't be able to reach their true potential until lemmy adds a sort that takes engagement into account.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Leftist into tech.

  Got very overwhelmed by depressing relatable memes that, guess what, had leftist views expressed in the comments, and posts that were not politics but ended up getting into there anyways.

  I might be leftist but damn if outrage and despair isn’t exhausting, I come to social media for fun, not to be angry and sad and hopeless.

  Gave up on All incredibly quickly, only use Subscribed. So much less outrage and despair, so many more cute animals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly active communities promotion thread - Animals⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weekly community promotion thread - Entertainment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Instance] Kbin.run down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people get a smartphone instead of a computer, but you are right, I probably should have said “something with internet access.”

  Sorry. In my experience, lack of sympathy is often paired with animosity and harshness, so I am a little wary. Disagreements in real life are a lot easier because you can tell tone better, and if the person is civilly disagreeing, or if they are going to start getting hostile on you. I’ll agree to disagree here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Instance] Kbin.run down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do have sympathy, considering a smartphone has become somewhat a necessity and not everyone is aware of options like the FairPhone. I agree about the filter, but it’s also true that no matter how much time social media consumes in peoples’ life, a lot of people would not want to say “I spend money on social media,” to look quite that online, no-life internet obsessed what a loser and all other sorts of insults. Especially since the norm now is to not pay, and people tend to resist change. Ads and the corporate control thing are probably just a minor annoyance for most people, they personally have not hit their bullshit limit yet, not everyone has the same priorities. I’d like them to have the option of a nice ad-free social media too. If I wasn’t around for the Reddit API drama I would not even be aware of the Fediverse and would not be here having this discussion with you.

  Honestly kind of fearing a negative response because of your statement you have no sympathy for that kind of person—which means you might be more willing to engage in a harsh manner with me too. But I’ll take that risk in order to speak up in opposition to the no sympathy viewpoint.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Instance] Kbin.run down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do not blame people for this, but that’s because as much as people hate ads and corporate controlled networks, they hate parting with their money more, and corporate-controlled, ad-ridden social media is free.