In honor of the title of this post, I have to share the first big word I learned. I think I was 4 or 5 when my word-nerd aunt taught it to me. Omphaloskepsis: contemplation of one’s navel for mystical purposes.
It's not just that the algorithms have messed up posts and timelines, it's more than that.
I'm getting suggestions for stuff that I have absolutely NO interest in at all. Like stuff not even in the vicinity of interests or on my radar. I don't do football or basketball, I'm not into cars or trucks. Shows and movies and music I would never watch or listen too. I started hiding pages, but that didn't help because the next time I opened it up they were back. I started blocking some pages, but then I wondered if I'd get a slap on the keyboard for blocking and hiding so many.
And now they want you to set up a code to use messenger on your device. For some people it's my only means of contact, which sucks.
But that book sounds interesting :) and I might check out that daily art journal video you mentioned. I love watching other people make art.
Exactly. Instead of reflecting users' interests, it almost feels like they've gone a step further and are trying to CREATE users' interests now. It's only a half-step from taking that content we asked to see and deciding what we *actually* want to see...according to *them*.
I'm so over it now. Between the algorithms and the ads full of obvious scams and the genuinely hateful people who've decided that yelling on social media's an actual sport...I'm just so done with the zuckerberg nation at this point.
In honor of the title of this post, I have to share the first big word I learned. I think I was 4 or 5 when my word-nerd aunt taught it to me. Omphaloskepsis: contemplation of one’s navel for mystical purposes.
If I ever write a memoir, I might well steal this. :D
Do! I would love to see it out in the wild.
It's not just that the algorithms have messed up posts and timelines, it's more than that.
I'm getting suggestions for stuff that I have absolutely NO interest in at all. Like stuff not even in the vicinity of interests or on my radar. I don't do football or basketball, I'm not into cars or trucks. Shows and movies and music I would never watch or listen too. I started hiding pages, but that didn't help because the next time I opened it up they were back. I started blocking some pages, but then I wondered if I'd get a slap on the keyboard for blocking and hiding so many.
And now they want you to set up a code to use messenger on your device. For some people it's my only means of contact, which sucks.
But that book sounds interesting :) and I might check out that daily art journal video you mentioned. I love watching other people make art.
Exactly. Instead of reflecting users' interests, it almost feels like they've gone a step further and are trying to CREATE users' interests now. It's only a half-step from taking that content we asked to see and deciding what we *actually* want to see...according to *them*.
I'm so over it now. Between the algorithms and the ads full of obvious scams and the genuinely hateful people who've decided that yelling on social media's an actual sport...I'm just so done with the zuckerberg nation at this point.