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1. rudyfi+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-07-28 20:55:17
>The biggest difference is that today, it never comes back around the dial - the dial is practically infinite.

And the TV analyzes your dial-flipping to determine what channel to change you to / generates a channel you are more likely to stay on.

replies(3): >>mnd999+N1 >>jvm___+85 >>joahua+N6
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2. mnd999+N1[view] [source] 2023-07-28 21:04:22
>>rudyfi+(OP)
Heh, heh, this sux change it.
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3. jvm___+85[view] [source] 2023-07-28 21:21:29
>>rudyfi+(OP)
Is hackernews on of the last sites where the TV doesn't analyze your preferences and generates a new front-page based on what it thinks will engage you the most?
replies(2): >>xattt+jC >>not2b+YK
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4. joahua+N6[view] [source] 2023-07-28 21:28:55
>>rudyfi+(OP)
To be fair TV ratings did this, just on a very slow inference cycle!
replies(1): >>Sakos+Ku1
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5. xattt+jC[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-29 00:51:51
>>jvm___+85
Hacker News is interactive Teletext.
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6. not2b+YK[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-29 02:09:46
>>jvm___+85
No, Mastodon is the same. You get what you follow, people or hashtags, plus things the people you follow boost.
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7. Sakos+Ku1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-07-29 10:55:44
>>joahua+N6
TV ratings did this as an aggregate of estimated viewer preferences. Doing that immediately on an individual level is wholly different.
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