Robert Kingett on Nostr: I fear I'm becoming, what the kids call, terminally online. Heh, well, I do love my ...
I fear I'm becoming, what the kids call, terminally online. Heh, well, I do love my terminal, but I'm pretty sure that's not what they mean! But ah yes, this is a text interaction between me and a gal offline friend of mine.
Amber. Hey Robbie, so guess what? I just read the most stupidest, worstist, thing ever! So, I was reading one of those blog things, and isn't this the dummest sentence you've ever read?
> With most online platforms, it’s becoming more and more difficult to view a feed of content that is not generated by an algorithm whose purpose it is to keep you engaged.
Continued. I mean, how dumb are these people? Why do they think I *love* the algorithm so much! It shows me things I am interested in! Of course I wanna be engaged, that's the whole fucking reason why I log onto Instagram! Do all bloggers think this way?
Me. Well, it's more about taking control over your online life. So what they mean is the algorithm creates engagement that basically just wastes your time.
Amber, but these tech revolutionaries don't understand that maybe without an algorithm showing me random stuff I don't follow, I'd have never found it! But moreover, social media would be absolutely useless without engagement. Like, what they sound like they're describing is a bunch of blogs where people people never talk to each other and that sounds like an internet filled with unchallenged corporate propaganda. If you have an algorithm, you filter junk out because it doesn't make it into the algorithm.
Amber. Hey Robbie, so guess what? I just read the most stupidest, worstist, thing ever! So, I was reading one of those blog things, and isn't this the dummest sentence you've ever read?
> With most online platforms, it’s becoming more and more difficult to view a feed of content that is not generated by an algorithm whose purpose it is to keep you engaged.
Continued. I mean, how dumb are these people? Why do they think I *love* the algorithm so much! It shows me things I am interested in! Of course I wanna be engaged, that's the whole fucking reason why I log onto Instagram! Do all bloggers think this way?
Me. Well, it's more about taking control over your online life. So what they mean is the algorithm creates engagement that basically just wastes your time.
Amber, but these tech revolutionaries don't understand that maybe without an algorithm showing me random stuff I don't follow, I'd have never found it! But moreover, social media would be absolutely useless without engagement. Like, what they sound like they're describing is a bunch of blogs where people people never talk to each other and that sounds like an internet filled with unchallenged corporate propaganda. If you have an algorithm, you filter junk out because it doesn't make it into the algorithm.