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What is content I want? I might think I am interested in learning about how 5G spreads COVID or about Vaccines causing autism but both of those things are fict
by themaninthedark 6y ago
What is content I want?
I might think I am interested in learning about how 5G spreads COVID or about Vaccines causing autism but both of those things are fictions.
The idea that the web needs to be helpful and start showing me more of something I have looked at or even searched for needs to die.
Just because I geolocate as being in Japan does not mean I want my search results in Japanese first, especially when I specify English(Google).
Just because I clicked on a funny looking mousepad that has an ass on it does not mean that I wan advertisements and suggestions for similar things for the next several months(Amazon).
In the name of user engagement and trying to figure out how to capture revenue, I feel that tech is losing sight of how to be a good service. We all railed on Microsoft when Clippy would patronizingly pop up to try and help you write a letter but think we have improved service when we search for one thing and have it show up a number of competing products.
Sorry for being all over the place, I agree that we should be showing people what they ask for but also think that is as far as it need to go. Don't follow them down the street and shove more of the same in their faces.