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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoI also hate the way “algorithm” has taken over the public consciousness. You can find people unironically saying “I don’t want any algorithm in my social media feed”, which is a nonsensical statement.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoDepends how broad your definition of algorithm is. Is sort by upvotes an algorithm? I say no but sort by hot is. So it is possible by this definition to have a feed without any algorithm.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoThis is (theoretically) a programmer forum. I use the programmer definition. By that definition, not having an algorithm is nonsense.
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoWhat if it uses a neural network to recommend posts?
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I also hate the way “algorithm” has taken over the public consciousness. You can find people unironically saying “I don’t want any algorithm in my social media feed”, which is a nonsensical statement.
Depends how broad your definition of algorithm is. Is sort by upvotes an algorithm? I say no but sort by hot is.
So it is possible by this definition to have a feed without any algorithm.
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This is (theoretically) a programmer forum. I use the programmer definition. By that definition, not having an algorithm is nonsense.
What if it uses a neural network to recommend posts?
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A heuristic
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