mekka okereke Jul 28, 2023

If we pretend that the only options are:

1) Chronological feed
2) Algorithmic feed where a company chooses the algorithm and objective function

And we pretend that "Share of time is a perfect metric for happiness," then this might make sense.

But... time spent isn't a perfect metric for happiness, and there is another option: 3) Algorithmic feed where the user has more control of the algorithm and objective function.

Eg, chronological *is* an algorithmic feed!🙂🙃

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-just-proved-people-hate-chronological-feeds/

Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds

Some social media users and lawmakers say chronological feeds are healthier. A new study found that Facebook and Instagram users who were forced to see time-ranked posts turned to TikTok instead.

WIRED
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Lemmy / kbin have "algorithms" ... simple, understandable, transparent sorting options that you get to pick from (and set as the default). From what I've gathered, many have (slightly) different preferences for their use cases, and typically use more than one in various patterns of exploration.

Some might enjoy seeing, eg, kbin.social's microblog global timeline: https://kbin.social/microblog

And lemmy.world's local feed: https://lemmy.world/

Both have typical (reddit like) options: hot, active, new, old, top etc.

Lemmy also has the useful "top within time X" options for 1hr, 6hrs, 12hrs, ... etc.

And both have the same options for the comments on a post ... which is rather useful for getting a grip on where the conversation is up to when you jumping in to a large one.
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Jul 28, 2023 at 2:38pmWeb