This version of the Slab of disillusionment is 6.1” across.
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Its actually a whole swarm of accounts involved in this. I got the exact same message at least 5 times and each time i blocked it.
It does appear to have stopped now thankfully.
There is no need to communicate like this. I actually had already learned about this app and checked it out yesterday on a different community with way less people and there was no article there. I just saw the opportunity of this post as way to discuss it.
I like to make a few things clear that seem to cause confusion.
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I made my post in full understanding that it probably does not feature a "preference based algorithm", trying it out did not gave it the impression it did. But i want to be more sure there is nothing along those lines included and tried to engage in discussion about the need for preferential settings. Its somewhere between a genuine and rhetoric question.
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Call me pedantric, trough i prefer autistic but "algoritm" has like i explained a specific meaning to me. Its mathematical formula for a specific purpose. The app in question is code, code is math. Randomizing code (which are never truly random btw) uses an algorithm. You can not tell me that the app uses NO algorithm, well oc you can but to my brain that does not compute. Any form of customizing the feed, even a hack, would be algorithmic in nature.
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I disagree this (and many things) require a full fledged article, just a clear few line description or like including those quotes you put up here would do for me. I know the internet likes to make everything into "news" but i don’t have to like or partake in that. I prefer to spend my time engaging on lemmy about the topic directly because that (this diverted discussion included) helps it grow.
Archive it before EA finds it. Probably works better than the rerelease.
Its not presented as being specifically made without.
There is plenty of room for more ethical algorithms and to get technical. It definitely does have a algorithm.
A very basic formula that simulates randomness to pick one Wikipedia page after the other.
I just wish i could customize that to my interests. So for example it favors articles tagged as ancient mythology and minimizes politicians from the 90s
I understand their stance but it is a bit sad because if i could tailor it to my interests i absolutely would use it all the time.
Wikipedia is massive there is way more that i don't want to read then there is that i do.
Personally i think there is roam for a “not insane, Fully transparent and user controlled” algorithm but also that would take a lot of developer effort.
Does it have an algorithm of some kind?
I usually hate them but for something safe like wikipedia i would love to have it tailored to my interests.
Thats hilarious concept really.
We call it “Punch Nazis” and because the Nazis claim that they are not and actually antifa is Nazis they cant possibly complain.
Inbuild character editing screen to shape a set of bad guys however you want. Then some community page to upload/download player made presets.
I non ironically have some experience in game development and would love to help make it real. Unfortunately my life feels like it’s collapsing on multiple fronts and i wont have the mental energy and time to do so alone.
What we are missing is a gamplay plan cause the funny aside that is most important but i figure a modern take on wolfenstein 3d kinda game might actually do.
Then we need a github to upload stuff and maybe a lemmy community to organize and brainstorm.
Games are art and art expresses real life but you need plausible deniability to pull sm like it off
Teflon the Nerd and The Arch Rump the destroyer would make good boss names.
Its a tough question because lemmy is for a cleary majority a variation of political left. ML is infamous for being tankies for example. One reason i observed for this is because corporate sites, you know which ones ars increasingly leaning if not full on political right.
There are right leaning communities oc but i doubt there is much truly Neutral. You may also encounter a lot of defederation with those communities to protect targeted communities from fascism
The far right takeover happening in the US is not helping because what even is the center position at this point? Feels like a full on information war.
Having said that i fully agree that there should be neutral ground if not purely on the basis that the word is not America and there is plenty of political spectrum in the world besides (Anti)Facism.
I have noticed that the big political communies all allow US posts because we are still reasonably small. As we grow we will see more diversity.
Which brings me to the my last point, do not be afraid of empty communities. Be the user you want to see and subscribe to it, maybe post something. Someday someone may and as an early member you get the privilege of helping to shape it towards what you believe we need.
We should just start to call him President Sanders.
With actually fair and democratic elections (non of this gerrymandering and representatives shit) he would have won. Even Trump fanatics like him.
Just skip the legal bureaucracy which is set aflame without regard right now anyway and hand the man a crown.
So i took that title literally O.o
Also, body language of this guy practically radiates autism. So much i have doubt the teacher thing was even real and its just a Bully trying to see how he’d react.