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I'm not open to discovering new content in social media, that's it. If I want to see someone's posts, there's a handy "follow" button for that. If I don't want
by grishka 4y ago
I'm not open to discovering new content in social media, that's it. If I want to see someone's posts, there's a handy "follow" button for that. If I don't want to see someone's posts, I don't follow them. Force-feeding me content from people I don't follow in an attempt to manipulate me simply annoys me. The best algorithm is "ORDER BY `created_at` DESC".
If I want to see content from people I don't know, I use YouTube, Reddit or HN — simple as that. I don't use TikTok out of principle.
- shortstuffsushi 4y agoI think this is interesting for two reasons. One, I tend to agree that, in my main feed, I want to see just what I've subscribed to, in the most to least recent order, that's it. I come in to see what's new, and am probably done after that. Two, on the chance that I want to spend more time in the app, there is a "Discover" or "Explore" tab for exactly this. The feature they're forcing into the main screen exists, but apparently doesn't drive enough views by itself.