We're all fed up with the algorithm
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We're all fed up with the algorithm
Platforms have boxed our social lives and creative endeavors into slick, hyper-designed perimeters, guiding users through algorithmically perfect scrolls.
Eileen Isagon Skyers • Dirt: Are we post-platform?
Keely Adler added
so much of our lives are dictated by this kind of algorithmic convergence, so that I don’t even trust it anymore. We’re all being herded.
Substack • martin luther's wordle starter
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sari added
The network of algorithms makes so many decisions for us, and yet we have little way of talking back to it or changing how it works.
This imbalance induces a state of passivity: We consume what the feeds recommend to us without engaging too deeply with the material.
We also adapt the way we present ourselves online to its incentives. We write tweet
... See moreNavigating the modern internet feels like trudging through a hostile wasteland. The search and social algorithms, ostensibly designed to give us what we want, keep us trapped in the shallows, gorging on an endless supply of junk media that never quite satiates
rob hardy • The more beautiful internet our hearts know is possible
sari added
as our everyday software tools and media became global for the first time, the hand of the artist gave way to the whims of the algorithm. And our software became one-size-fits-all in a world full of so many different people. All our opinions, beliefs, and ideas got averaged out — producing the least common denominator: endless sequels that everyone... See more