TikTok basically invented shorts. Maybe Snapchat. And everyone else’s sucks because their AI isn’t as good. It’s a toxic medium anyway. I with the Pixelfed creator would just focus on Pixelfed, I use that and it’s a total win, just needs some kinks worked out and more popularity.

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[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Agreed, but I also wouldn’t mind if someone tried to work on an algorithm that would be entertaining while also being more beneficial to society. I don’t think it’s impossible to do and maybe people would be more okay with that as a replacement rather than having them quit cold turkey.

[–] LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://wikitok.vercel.app/

Doomscroll Wikipedia

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

I tried it some time ago. No algorithm behind it so if someone wasn’t already watching random Wikipedia pages this won’t make them do it.

[–] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 6 points 3 days ago

Its simple, let ppl control it, algorthims are good when they dont favor controversy, which is what most platforms push to get ppl to stay on them, but they have sweetspots before the advertiser pleasing phase where they just try to max out dopmaine and you're able to close the app satisified.