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This solutionism is kind of a little a lot problematic. Expecting a single pat answer that utterly projects & reduces all possible wins into a single minded "th
by rektide 4y ago
This solutionism is kind of a little a lot problematic. Expecting a single pat answer that utterly projects & reduces all possible wins into a single minded "this is how it will work" confines imagination & potential (just by the pointed ask alone), reduces a complex place we can keep exploring & winning & growing, into an overbearing consumerist expectation that all answers are known, all is worked out, and that there is some total answer thats gonna drop in our laps.
Synthetic feeds of recommendations is an open topic. How much data one is willing to send upstream, as inputs to one's recommender engine, is as much of a topic as how such things would work, what kind of activitypub feeds the engine would emit.
Right now there's nearly nothing & (while I dont agree) a vast amount of the userbase considers this lack to be a feature: a distinguishing characteristic that makes this network human and not aggressively eye-ball stealing machine & greedy. Human connection & old fashioned following people you run into is a win for organic matter & innate connection over pre-programmed ways to insure more eyeball-time.
That philosophy battle aside: there's infinite possibilities here. The way the question is phrased expects there is a singular clear way. You probably should not sign up for a fediverse instance! You dont seem like a fit.
- whimsicalism 4y agoYou seem to be shadowboxing a non-existent opponent. If anything, their reference to service*s* suggests that they do not expect a singular clear way.
- rektide 4y ago> already services out there the last slurp in a ton of activitypub feed data this posting was from the enemy seeking an evil reductionist desire deeply in opposition to what this world wants (self definition) and you are ungenerous & unmoderate in unwillingness to meet part way here. bad things here from bad intent! be warned. this is a vile path. i still think some room should be allowed or explored. i still found the original ask to be incredibly solutionistic & consumeristic in gross ways. there was zero interest in enjoining the effort at all; it expected, without involving.