Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
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That's hilarious
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On android:
- Open link in Firefox.
- Tap the three dots.
- Tap "add to start screen"
There's your app!
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Its not presented as being specifically made without? Wat
Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
and spend spare moments of boredom without reaching for an algorithmically addictive social media app.
without an invasive algorithm tracking you and pushing you toward the lowest-common-denominator content.
Gemal is currently resisting calls to automatically tailor the stream of articles to the user's interests based on what they express interest in.
"I have had plenty of people message me and even make issues on my GitHub asking for some insane crazy WikiTok algorithm," Gemal told Ars. "And I had to put my foot down and say something along the lines that we're already ruled by ruthless, opaque algorithms in our everyday life; why can't we just have one little corner in the world without them?"
"I have no grand plans for some sort of insane monetized hyper-calculating TikTok algorithm," Gemal told us. "It is anti-algorithmic, if anything."
Ill just repeat that last line again for you:
"It is anti-algorithmic, if anything."
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As someone who loved the random article feature and will sometimes peruse Wikipedia at random, this is extremely fascinating to me.
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I don't get it, it's pretty lame. Just a list of articles. This would need some kind of flow. Maybe one that is continued depending on what topic one reads.
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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. You can not tell me that the app uses NO algorithm, well oc you can but to my brain that does not compute. And any kind of preferential features would
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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.
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If you enjoy this, have a peek at The Jargon File. Classic hacker slang is something else.
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Algorithms themselves are fine. It’s wikipedia. I’d actually use it if it brought me to interesting pages based on a recommender algorithm.
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It needs the TikTok algorithm
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Think of it as a methadone clinic for doomscrollers.
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I think that's only partly true as companies, especially big ones, want the telemetry and control of a native app instead of just a web page
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I may have a problem
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Sadly the design is pretty bad on desktop monitors.
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I can feel my butthole unclenching already 🥲
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More like a brothel for sex addicts.
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Saw this posted in a ADHD com a few days back. Every comment was just like "oh no...". I opened it and like 20 minutes later realized, oh no. I can and have spent many entire days just reading Wikipedia and following linked subjects. So much so I run out in areas. I can't handle a lot of visual and audio stimulation, short form content is such a nightmare for me, can't watch it. But give me pages of the most dense info and I'm hooked. I just need the option to download every paper referenced from every Wikipedia page I visit.
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Having a real grand time adding a song from any musician I hit to a play list. I fucking love Awaz now.
