I get off the train half way through section I, if I ever got on it at all. I see the end in the beginning, and if I do not want the end, I turn away from the beginning. There is any amount of “interesting” stuff on Facebook, and Substack, and even LessWrong and ordinary news sources, that I routinely pass by.
Miro is a zombie from the start. Do not be a zombie.
A few years ago I distanced myself from all algorithmic feed platforms and I’ve certainly found it to be worth it. A few Discord servers and some forums like LW are effectively my “social media” and they are quite sufficient for the purpose.
(I am worried this will seem snarky, but I do wonder sincerely)
Do you engage with LessWrong itself non-algorithmically, e.g. by only looking at “All Posts” and doing your own filtering from there (as opposed to the algorithmically sorted default feed modulo tweaks)?
Yes. I use chronological sort on all posts for LW. I use Reddit and Twitter like this too—algorithms have always sucked for me (just in the basic sense of delivering what I want) so I got in the habit of avoiding them a while ago.
Oops, I was unclear[1], when I said “all algorithmic feed platforms” I was referring to those with opaque large-scale engagement-incentivized algorithms. Merely having an algorithmically parsed feed was not the sole load-bearing attribute. Platforms like this aren’t directly dependent on mass engagement in the same way e.g. no ad revenue, enforcing minimum standards of quality etc. If it ever became big enough/moderation policies changed enough I would have to find other sites. In it’s current state I don’t mind LessWrong’s feed. The rate of content generation is small enough I eventually see everything either way.
I get off the train half way through section I, if I ever got on it at all. I see the end in the beginning, and if I do not want the end, I turn away from the beginning. There is any amount of “interesting” stuff on Facebook, and Substack, and even LessWrong and ordinary news sources, that I routinely pass by.
Miro is a zombie from the start. Do not be a zombie.
A few years ago I distanced myself from all algorithmic feed platforms and I’ve certainly found it to be worth it. A few Discord servers and some forums like LW are effectively my “social media” and they are quite sufficient for the purpose.
(I am worried this will seem snarky, but I do wonder sincerely)
Do you engage with LessWrong itself non-algorithmically, e.g. by only looking at “All Posts” and doing your own filtering from there (as opposed to the algorithmically sorted default feed modulo tweaks)?
Yes. I use chronological sort on all posts for LW. I use Reddit and Twitter like this too—algorithms have always sucked for me (just in the basic sense of delivering what I want) so I got in the habit of avoiding them a while ago.
Oops, I was unclear[1], when I said “all algorithmic feed platforms” I was referring to those with opaque large-scale engagement-incentivized algorithms. Merely having an algorithmically parsed feed was not the sole load-bearing attribute.
Platforms like this aren’t directly dependent on mass engagement in the same way e.g. no ad revenue, enforcing minimum standards of quality etc.
If it ever became big enough/moderation policies changed enough I would have to find other sites.
In it’s current state I don’t mind LessWrong’s feed. The rate of content generation is small enough I eventually see everything either way.
It’s rare for me to be insufficiently pedantic