> No algorithms
I don't like this particular lie. It seems like as soon as we find it acceptable to tell it, we get to choose how complex or user-hostile the algorithm gets to be while still telling the same lie.
I don't like this particular lie. It seems like as soon as we find it acceptable to tell it, we get to choose how complex or user-hostile the algorithm gets to be while still telling the same lie.
When tools are used to do harm, they cease to have neutral meanings. Chemistry is villainized because of DDT; medicine is villainized because of thalidomide, AR-15s are villainized because of mass shootings, etc. Can we expect more nuance of a lay-audience?
It’s just that, a timeline.
Next you’ll be telling me that calling something “cool” is a lie, because that new T-shirt doesn’t have a low temperature.
Wait until people start gaming the timeline based algorithm by deleting and re-posting images, so they stay at the top slot.
When does "no algorithm" become an algorithm? When you add ML?
And I'm willing to put money on the fact that their target audience understands perfectly what "no algorithm" means. Heck, even the people complaining know what it means, they just like being right.