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1. anon84+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-12-05 17:58:48
Don't worry, there will be algorithms to help you find what you like. And content will still go viral within subcultures.
replies(2): >>bunder+vu >>seanc+9D
2. bunder+vu[view] [source] 2025-12-05 20:18:05
>>anon84+(OP)
Except the algorithms don’t help me find new things I like. They never have, and I’m starting to suspect that they never will.

What they find - what they’re designed to find - is more of the same. Which is only “more things I like” in à very, very shortsighted sense.

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3. seanc+9D[view] [source] 2025-12-05 21:00:17
>>anon84+(OP)
As always, anticipated (at least in some sense) by Neal Stephenson:

https://www.wired.com/1994/10/spew/

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4. Jeremy+cQ[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-05 22:09:58
>>bunder+vu
Maybe this is because of scarcity.. if existing algos are applied on top of infinitely generated entertainment then perhaps we'll see something even more addictive than YouTube.
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