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Open-source the algorithm and have users choose. A marketplace is the best solution to most problems. It is pretty clear that china already forces a very diff
by aeternum 2y ago
Open-source the algorithm and have users choose. A marketplace is the best solution to most problems.
It is pretty clear that china already forces a very different tiktok ranking algo for kids within the country vs outside the country. Forcing a single algo is pretty unamerican though and can easily be abused, let's instead open it up.
- kelnos 2y ago80% of users will leave things at the default setting, or "choose" whatever the first thing in the list is. They won't understand the options; they'll just want to see their news feed.
- aeternum 2y agoI'm not so sure, the feed is quite important and users understand that. Look at how many people switched between X and Threads given their political view. People switched off Reddit or cancelled their FB account at times in the past also.
- kfajdsl 2y agoI'm pretty sure going from X to Threads had very little to do with the feed algorithm for most people. It had everything to do with one platform being run by Musk and the other one not.
- mindslight 2y ago"Open-source the algorithm" would be at best openwashing. The way to create the type of choice you're thinking is to force the unbundling of client software from hosting services.