Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 months agoAustralia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithmswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down12
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minus-squareSibbo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoSo then there’s gonna be an option for a strictly chronological timeline?
minus-squarelocuester@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoNo. That’s an algorithm. So is filtering to only friends and hiding blocked users. So no algo, no feed at all really.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoyou just get posts in precisely whateverthefuck order the server ends up pulling them from its database, which isn’t an algorithm because obviously that means the Lord himself is deciding the order of your feed.
minus-squaresamwise_gamgee@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFiltering to only friends’ posts displayed in what order?
So then there’s gonna be an option for a strictly chronological timeline?
No. That’s an algorithm.
So is filtering to only friends and hiding blocked users.
So no algo, no feed at all really.
you just get posts in precisely whateverthefuck order the server ends up pulling them from its database, which isn’t an algorithm because obviously that means the Lord himself is deciding the order of your feed.
Filtering to only friends’ posts displayed in what order?