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Post by brownbat » Thu, May 24, 2018, 7:38 PM UTC

eropple wrote: post #31

dghughes wrote: post #27

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YouTube is as bad or worse as reddit. The more you look at one topic the more it is shown to you. You end up in a feedback loop the same thing.

It's worse than that (and, I think, mendaciously so). YouTube tries to steer you towards the highest-viewed, most popular stuff on whatever very narrow vertical you're in...or a vertical that their algorithms have decided is nearby. Which is why you see people--mostly kids--going from videos about video games to videos about how the feminisms are taking away our video games to the feminisms are destroying Western soc…

Post by foobarchu » Thu, May 24, 2018, 7:47 PM UTC

Yhippa wrote: post #43

tacostakohashi wrote: post #20

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Urgh, Reddit is indeed an addictive, toxic timesink of a filter bubble. It reminds me of Slashdot, but on a much larger scale. I have been reflecting on ways to fix it lately. I was imagining something like reddit, but... 1) not completely anonymous / pseudonymous. Maybe a profile photo with you holding a sign with your username for verification (like certain subreddits do), first name, and SMS / phone number verific…

You know how there's a global NSFW tag that basically makes those posts not visible if you want? Would be cool if they had one for "memes".

Post by simonbarker87 » Thu, May 24, 2018, 7:55 PM UTC

openfuture wrote: post #48

simonbarker87 wrote: post #26

So SU tangentially provided me with the singularly most embarrassing moment of my life about 9 years ago. So we are showing our office to a design company a few buildings over and just chatting about the business and the stuff we make (we were all starting out and in our early 20s), there were lots of prototype bits around and adhesives and stuff, basically the office had a slight chemical smell to it. One of the guy…

You should drop what you are doing and go find a way to embarrass yourself properly. I mean no offense but it's just so sad that you've managed to avoid embarrassment to this extent when there is so much to learn from it.

Post by simonbarker87 » Thu, May 24, 2018, 7:55 PM UTC

rndgermandude wrote: post #55

simonbarker87 wrote: post #26

So SU tangentially provided me with the singularly most embarrassing moment of my life about 9 years ago. So we are showing our office to a design company a few buildings over and just chatting about the business and the stuff we make (we were all starting out and in our early 20s), there were lots of prototype bits around and adhesives and stuff, basically the office had a slight chemical smell to it. One of the guy…

My most embarrassing moment in my life so far included underage me, alcohol, a fjord, nudity, and a group of Norwegian strangers... What would I give to swap that for "I recommended SU to a literal surfer" :D

Post by overcast » Thu, May 24, 2018, 8:00 PM UTC

simonbarker87 wrote: post #26

So SU tangentially provided me with the singularly most embarrassing moment of my life about 9 years ago. So we are showing our office to a design company a few buildings over and just chatting about the business and the stuff we make (we were all starting out and in our early 20s), there were lots of prototype bits around and adhesives and stuff, basically the office had a slight chemical smell to it. One of the guy…