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It’s kinda frustrating how recommendation systems on most of these sites are just broken. It recommends popular stuff instead of using this power to help “sprea
by rtpg 8y ago
It’s kinda frustrating how recommendation systems on most of these sites are just broken. It recommends popular stuff instead of using this power to help “spread the love”, meaning you end up in a sort of monoculture of popular content.
I think it’s on tic-toc where they try to feature “new stuff” a lot more than just popular things, effectively helping along newer users. I know hello talk tries to do this too.
Popular users and content don’t need help! If these places used their power to point at more hidden gems in their content the entire system would feel healthier
- thekyle 8y agoIt's funny that you say you think recommendation systems cause a monoculture of content. I actually think that recommenders have lead to less of a monoculture then ever seen before. It used to be that everyone in a geographic region would read the same newspapers, watch the same news stations, and listen to the same radio stations. Causing people to mostly be exposed to all the same content. However, now with recommendation algorithms everyone gets exposed to a totally different news diet.