dwemthy
@dwemthy@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why Do Sites Keep Shoving Features We Don’t Want Down Our Throats? 4 days ago:
Yep. “We want more people to watch Shorts” -> A/B test cramming more into the home screen -> “More people watched Shorts with X change, roll it out to everyone” -> “What’s the next idea to get more people to watch Shorts?”
Someone gets the idea that more views on Shorts is what they need and start optimizing for it. On and on until another metric becomes more important and they optimize for that. - Comment on Idioms 2 weeks ago:
Does a bear shit in the Pope’s hat?
- Comment on Pineapple was never the problem 3 weeks ago:
Clearly written by a non-pineapple eater, can’t fathom that they just gave us pineapple eaters inspiration
- Comment on Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system. 4 weeks ago:
Bad news about Target: they’ve cancelled their DEI initiatives to cater to the administration
- Comment on Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free 5 weeks ago:
What’s your impression of loops so far?
I’ve been underwhelmed, but I don’t know if that’s a platform issue or an adoption issue. Found a couple good accounts to follow, but I really want a block option to keep some accounts out of my “for you” - Comment on xkcd #3054: Scream Cipher 1 month ago:
Sure, if you don’t feel like screaming