• rumba@lemmy.zip
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    9 hours ago

    Hell yes, get rid of anything that’s an algorithm.

    If you can’t run out of content on the platform you’re on, it’s a bad thing.

    Use youtube clients that follow users

    Browse text platforms that let you follow communities.

    TT, IG, /all, and shorts are where your brain goes to die.

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      9 hours ago

      Everything that’s on your phone has an algorithm. It’s like saying I don’t eat things with chemicals in it.

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        7 hours ago

        Group chats with Friends? Games? Ebooks? There might be algorithms associated with those somewhere, but you’d have to go digging for them.

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          6 hours ago

          Chats: an algorithm decides the order of the messages shown Games: a lot of algorithms everywhere. Ebooks: eg algorithms are used to decode the drm of you are using a Kindle.

          You don’t need to dig very deep.