Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
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Proper PWA websites save very well to phone home screens (like voyager for Lemmy!)
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It's just two taps in browser to get it on home screen.
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If someone made this for TV Tropes, I would never get anything productive done again
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Just got the app it's absolutely fantastic.
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This is awesome. :3
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Yeah this is just the wiki random button with a simplified TikTok gui.
Pretty much a useless site which is a shame since I was excited about it.
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Would be cool if the official Wikipedia mobile app integrated this functionality! It does have a 'random articles' card, but it's nothing like this.
Not sure 'addiction' is being defeated here, though
Like if I'm addicted to sausages, giving me bacon instead isn't really solving the root of the issue. The issue being those sexy, sexy pigs. -
If methadone was also educational
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"Some people just wanna watch the world learn."
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Everyday I read wikipedia and everyday, I learn something new. Fucking love this free resource
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...so.... content filters when? Let me limit it to certain subjects and I don't need social media anymore
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On iOS through Safari:
Tap the Share icon
Scroll down a little.
Add to Home Screen.
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I see the dev don't want recommendation algorithm. All good to avoid the recommendation bubble, but a category/tags might be nice instead of random everything.
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The addiction isn't being defeated, it's just being redirected from something worthless to something useful. Well, at least less useless.
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And doomscrolling Wikipedia is still healthier than doomscrolling anything else.
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Honestly the fact that Lemmy doesn't have infinite scroll (on my UI, at least) has helped me a lot in terms of not wasting hours at a time on my phone
