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Yeah, the biggest problem with these types of algorithms is that they show that the application developers don't trust the user to know what they want and trust
by da_chicken 9y ago
Yeah, the biggest problem with these types of algorithms is that they show that the application developers don't trust the user to know what they want and trust the user to fix their own problems.
It's one thing for an application to provide sensible defaults. It's another thing entirely if it just second guesses the user.
- mygo 9y agoThe sad thing is the algorithm fixed zero problems for me. And it introduced the problem of hiding things that I did in fact want to see.. for no good reason other than apparently for their engineers to feel like they did something. Because how can they justify their paychecks when the newsfeed sorting order hasn’t changed since its prime of ~2009?
- jpindar 9y agoI often see a great deal of contempt for users here on HN, why should Facebook etc. be any different?