I can't do algorithmed social media anymore
I took a look at Medium and it felt awful. Worse than Facebook even. So algorithmed. I felt like the articles it showed me were overly machined to appeal to people like me, so that I would like them and follow the authors, BAM!
Every time Twitter or Tumblr starts dumping algorithmed content into my feed I turn it back off. If they didn't let me turn it off I'd quit them.
LiveJournal still doesn't try that shit on me.
I guess I still want the old-fashioned model of picking my authors and then seeing everything they post, in the order they posted.
When I visit the Washington Post and the New York Times, I still go to their lists of Today's Print Stories. Really, any site that is affiliated with a print edition, I still want to see their print edition.
I guess I'm too old to just let go and become totally fed by what the algorithms want to show me RIGHT NOW.
I took a look at Dreamwidth. Looks pretty much like LiveJournal, but some people prefer it nowadays because it isn't owned by Russians. We aren't supposed to like Russians, we are supposed to judge them unfavorably according to their nationality ;-) But I don't want to cross post stuff, and I don't see the need for a second journal, and I don't yet see the need to migrate from here to there.
Every time Twitter or Tumblr starts dumping algorithmed content into my feed I turn it back off. If they didn't let me turn it off I'd quit them.
LiveJournal still doesn't try that shit on me.
I guess I still want the old-fashioned model of picking my authors and then seeing everything they post, in the order they posted.
When I visit the Washington Post and the New York Times, I still go to their lists of Today's Print Stories. Really, any site that is affiliated with a print edition, I still want to see their print edition.
I guess I'm too old to just let go and become totally fed by what the algorithms want to show me RIGHT NOW.
I took a look at Dreamwidth. Looks pretty much like LiveJournal, but some people prefer it nowadays because it isn't owned by Russians. We aren't supposed to like Russians, we are supposed to judge them unfavorably according to their nationality ;-) But I don't want to cross post stuff, and I don't see the need for a second journal, and I don't yet see the need to migrate from here to there.