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> forcefully shoving recommended content from unknown people down their throats... Unpopular opinion for HN: I like recommend content. Especially with TikTok w
by biofunsf 3y ago
> forcefully shoving recommended content from unknown people down their throats...
Unpopular opinion for HN: I like recommend content. Especially with TikTok where the vast majority of content I consume (and I think most others) is generated by non-friends. Crafting the perfect list of who to follow is tough work so when the algorithms can do it I'm happy. Of course, the recommend content needs to be good and interesting to me. I suspect most people's frustration with it is the result of getting bad recommend content. Though for some people recommend content might be particular bad for you if your interests are more niche.
But I also agree that I wish you could turn recommend content off. If it's recommendations are bad, I agree it shouldn't be shoved down your throat, but also please don't force a recommend content free world on the rest of us.
- grishka 3y agoYou're mixing two distinct use cases here: entertainment and staying up to date on your friends' lives. I think these should be served by different services because they're so fundamentally different.
- hoidofyolen 3y agoBluesky has both: a following feed in chronological order and an algorithmic feed that shows you stuff new to you. they're also releasing custom algorithms soon so that you can plug in whatever algorithm you want instead of being limited to just theirs.