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A little randomness is fun and enjoyable. Not to mention, it can throw off those ad targeting algorithms a bit by injecting a little disinformation into the mi
by pmiller2 8y ago
A little randomness is fun and enjoyable. Not to mention, it can throw off those ad targeting algorithms a bit by injecting a little disinformation into the mix.
One of my favorite (now, sadly defunct) links was http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl http://random.yahoo.com/bin/ryl to give you a random link from the Yahoo! directory.
- owldimoon 8y agoA little randomness is what made StumbleUpon so enjoyable, too. But, like the link you've shared, it too is defunct. I spent an afternoon writing a python script that picks a random word, searches sites where weird/creative folks gather (instructables? tumblr? hacker news? are.na? i need more ideas!), and opens a random link from the search results. The word list it draws from needs some pruning, but it was a decent way to return to the feeling that SU used to give me. I was thinking of turning it into a single serving site, but my dev skills really aren't up to par yet. I don't know where I'd even start to get a basic page up and running. It's nifty to read about a collection of services from people who had similar feelings!
- bfuller 8y agocheck out /r/randonauts fatum bot
- dymk 8y ago> Not to mention, it can throw off those ad targeting algorithms a bit by injecting a little disinformation into the mix. you mean provide them with richer signal about what you will and won't engage with?