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I tried to outsmart the social media algorithm. Here's how it outsmarted me (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 1 week ago by Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is a key reason behind my discomfort with social media. The algorithms that seem unresponsive to clear signals of intent was the last straw. Ended up leaving YouTube over the incessant push to new channels and ragebait shit.

Anyway, lemmy might be a cesspit at times, but its a cesspit I can choose/not choose, to engage with, and thats some nice anti-monopolisation of my online experience in the design.

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[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 46 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Maybe it’s time for the return of curated lists. Back in the day (even before the web) there used to be people who organized lists of videos to rent, books to read, etc. why not bring it back in a lemmy channel or some other trusted service. Just curated lists of specific videos.

[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 1 points 1 day ago

It's not as easy to find good, living blogs/sites off major platforms but if you can a lot of them do this. Book Notification has a weekly list that you can opt into, for example. The Indie RPG Newsletter has tons of TTRPG recommendations.

I think we're back to the point where things need to spread by word of mouth though, because discoverability is so difficult for little indie blogs.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

You can subscribe to YT channels on NewPipe, not to mention you have bookmarks and RSS feeds.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can have those in the fediverse on Pixelfed and Mastodon. The problem is that then the people you can follow are only middle-aged Linux/Star Trek nerds and the occasional organic farmer.

[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago

I’m only hearing upsides here.

[–] nixon@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Aren’t communities/sub-reddits just another version of curated lists organized by topic?

[–] kirao47@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

good example I guess: https://fmhy.net/

[–] nixon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Ah, so a meta list with locations of communities/subreddits/forums/etc that is platform agnostic. I see.

[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, I was thinking something YouTube (or long-form media) specific with the purpose of replacing the YouTube algorithm. So for example maybe someone who loves astronomy puts together a playlist about supernovas that include a video from pbs spacetime, Sabine Hossenfelder and kursgesagt. Then he puts together other playlists. Over time you’d recognize this curator’s name and trust them not to point you to garbage.