Wouldn't it be poetic justice if the rage-fuelled engagement-driven algorithms of FB, and to some extent Google, hastened the demise (or at least containment) of the situation overlords who created them?
... Do "normal people" who don't share my interest see this degree of coverage critical of the big silos? Does the general public see the current state of affairs as the big trash fire that I do yet?
That said, there has been a lot of very critical coverage from big, general interest mainstream media in the last couple weeks. Has this bubble burst? Has general engagement on this topic gone viral enough that the algorithms are amplifying the criticism of their own creators?
Though the only traditional social media account I have is a dormant LinkedIn profile I am fully aware I am still influenced by algorithmically curated news feeds which generate feedback loops where I get "more of the same" articles over time.
In my case I closely follow the disasters that FB and Google are finally facing after years of abusing their power over our data.
Has this been causing the algorithms to amplify coverage of this topic to me?
@LoveyDoveyArcticWolf It's great when local news is awesome and gets shared like this on the interwebs 😁
Lots of bunnies hopping around here this winter the coyotes are probably following them out of the parks into the streets. The bunnies are probably most likely to be the were-creatures TBH :blobcheeky:
@chupacabra@cocoron history provides cautionary tales already. For example the Bolshevik occupation of Ukraine, the ensuing expulsion of kulaks and later genocidal starvation of Ukrainians under Stalin.
The kulaks were the "upper middle class suburbanites" of their time--well established farmers who owned their own land. However the vast majority were NOT actually "ruling class" but we're demonized for merely owning any land at all.
...Apparently some apps and Web pages add useless delays at certain points such as payment processing and performing searches etc. so that users feel like the system is doing some kind of work!
How much time is wasted by such mind games that make software appear to be doing more work than it really is? :blobthinkingcool:
...the payment gateway we integrated into #tryton typically responds in less than 1 second and we send the order confirmation page immediately upon getting that response.
I have received a comment from a user who wasn't sure their payment went through because it was "TOO FAST" and it wasn't until she checked her email a bit later on and saw the transaction receipt that she was sure the order went through!
Have we become so used to bloated software that we expect it to be slow when it "works"?
So I have set up a couple of #tryton ERP systems including an integrated "e-shop" one of which I had updated on the occasion of #BlackFriday weekend. It's a great fully independent solution. No Amazon, no Shopify, no Etsy etc... If you need to do capitalism it is at least nice to do it without being beholden to some powerful overlord!
Anyways, on this Tryton e-shop I made a curious observation about the speed of payment processing on checkout. The transactions almost always process very fast...
I sympathise though. @squirrel is quite an extroverted social butterfly and she will sometimes announce (not ask) that someone is coming over for dinner or we are meeting someone at some place and I'm like 😬that's nice😬 lol
But if I didn't have someone to pull me out of my shell I would probably turn into a hermit and wouldn't face my anxieties around being in social situations so it is good even if it isn't easy.
@nolan on the other hand if you by a brand new Mac it is like buying a car where you need a special tool to open the bonnet and if you get an oil and filter change anywhere but an Official Dealership™️ the security system will disable your engine.
Perhaps some of the downsides to the Linux option could be mitigated by buying something from Purism or System76 where they are non proprietary Linux yet come preinstalled with a bespoke OS so it Just Works like a Mac